Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herds of elephants have strayed from Kidepo Valley National park into community farmlands in Orom sub-county, Kitgum district. The elephants reportedly invaded three parishes of Gule, Lungayura and Lolwa in early June according to reports from local authorities. Orom sub-county chairperson Johnson Todera Acellam says …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Environment Beatrice Atim Anywar has donated five million Shillings to the Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce to facilitate payment of risk allowances for health workers. Anywar says the intervention follows concerns by the district COVID-19 taskforce and health workers who had gone for …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anxiety has gripped residents of the four villages of Manwoko North, Manwoko South, Gang-Lela and Addis-Ababa in Labongo Amida sub county, Kitgum district following an invasion of crocodiles in their community valley dam. The Labongo Amida sub county LCIII chairperson Geoffrey Komakech Alulu confirms the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security in Kitgum district has launched a crackdown against owners of pick-up trucks and cargo vehicles violating the restrictions instituted to curb the further spread of the coronavirus in the country. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech says the move follows reports that some cargo …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal Council has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, China Railway 18 Bureau Group Co Ltd for the construction of seven roads stretching 2.8 kilometres within the municipality. The 12-month contract valued at 16.6 Billion Shillings was signed on Thursday last week and …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum district have declined to release a private ambulance impounded from Kitgum Municipality legislator Denis Onekalit Amere. The ambulance registration number UBJ 962Y was impounded on Friday as Amere attempted to donate it for medical emergencies and timely referrals of patients in Kitgum …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Kitgum district have been asked to isolate their children who returned from school pending a mass Covid-19 testing exercise. The caution from medical workers and leaders comes just a day after 47 students out of 280 who were subjected to the RDT …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kitgum is holding two suspects for alleged theft of fuel from a wheel loader belonging to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. The firm is undertaking the construction of the Kitgum main market under MATIP 2 project. David Aisu, the Kitgum District Internal …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district Covid-19 task force is hunting for 39.5 Million Shillings to boost uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine. This comes as few people have turned up to take the AstraZeneca vaccine jab, nearly two months after the Health Ministry launched countrywide Covid-19 vaccination. Kitgum district health …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Corner Mission Cell in Pager division, Kitgum municipality on Monday intercepted a truck transporting suspected stolen cattle from Lamwo district. The chairperson of security surveillance for the Pager division Agnes Atim Onek, says that the Fuso truck registration number UBF 400C was transporting 22 …
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