Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Executive Director and Census Commissioner Dr. Chris Mukiza has admitted that there were significant errors in the information on tribes, in the 2024 Census results he released this week. “There were no contractions in the number of people across …
Read More »Will old ‘Tororo Issues’ decide election results come 2026?
COMMENT | LOUIS JADWONG | Remarks by President Yoweri Museveni at an ordinary visit to Tororo last week could turn out to be decisive in the 2026 elections in the mineral-rich district. President Yoweri Museveni, among other things, admonished ‘Badaama’ and Iteso, who he alleged do not each want the other …
Read More »Kwar Adhola 25th Coronation Anniversary celebrations set for Tororo today
Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Jopadhola in Tororo today celebrate the 25th Coronation anniversary of their cultural leader, the Kwar Adhola HRH Moses Stephen Owor. According to the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI), the climax of the celebrations will be held at Achilet grounds. President Yoweri Museveni is …
Read More »All set for celebrations to mark Kwar Adhola Silver Jubilee Coronation anniversary
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Usher Wilson Owere, former Chairman General of the National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU), was on Friday sworn in as 3rd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for coordination of the Jopadhola in the Diaspora (Entebbe, Wakiso, Kampala and Mukono) at a special Tieng Adhola Cultural …
Read More »Girls University, Tororo radio to get Museveni boost this year
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pledged sh1.5billion to help the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) purchase land to construct a first ever Ugandan girls university in Tororo. He also promised another sh200 million to enable TACI to complete installation of the Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited radio …
Read More »Families fight for lawyer Bob Kasango’s body at All Saints Cathedral
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama at All Saints Cathedral, Kampala as two families fought for the body of lawyer Bob Kasango. The casket containing his remains was grabbed from the A-Plus pallbearers by a group of relatives from Tororo District in Eastern Uganda. The relatives encircled the …
Read More »The Jopadhola mourn former Deputy PM Etiang
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Padhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has sent a condolence message to Uganda and all Tororo residents in particular following the death of former Deputy Prime Minister Paul Etiang. “The Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution and the people of Padhola, join the bereaved family and the friends …
Read More »The Jopadhola mourn Deputy PM Kivejinja
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Padhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has sent condolence messages to the Isebantu the Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV, the People of Busoga and President Yoweri Museveni following the death of 2nd Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja. “We share and stand in deep sorrow …
Read More »Archbishop Emeritus James Odongo of Tororo passes on aged 89
Burial – James Odongo Arch.Emeritus Tororo ✳ Dec 6 – Requiem Mass Lubaga Cathedral 3.30pm ✳ Dec 7 – Body St. Austin, Mbale 3pm ✳ Dec 8 – Requiem Mass St Austin 12.00pm ✳ Dec 8 – Body Cathedral Tororo 4pm ✳ Dec 9 – Mass of Christian burial …
Read More »Tororo Broadcasting Network to go on air December 31, 2020
Kwar Adhola challenges Clan elders to spearhead radio project Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a successful first virtual fundraising drive last weekend, the head of the committee finalizing the launch of the Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) is confident they will go on air on December 31, 2020. “We are set …
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