Tag Archives: Kitgum

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Major health facilities in Kitgum municipality have reported a decline in the number of patients in the wake of the coronavirus disease outbreak in the country. Dr Geoffrey Okello, the Kitgum General Hospital acting medical superintendent says the numbers have reduced significantly following reports …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum production department has resorted to artificial insemination services in a bid to boost output and returns in the livestock and dairy sector. Dr Alfred Kinyera, the senior district veterinary officer, says the move to adopt artificial insemination is meant to boost the quality …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district is in final preparation to host the 43rd commemoration anniversary for the former Church of Uganda Archbishop, The most Rev Janani Luwum. This year’s memorial anniversary will be celebrated at Luwum’s ancestral village in Wii-Gweng village in Mucwini sub county, Kitgum district …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has released additional 2.7 billion shillings to Kitgum Municipal Council under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development [USMID] programme. Emmanuel Banya, the Kitgum Municipal Council Town Clerk told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Friday that the money is meant to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jaflo Garden Hotel in Kitgum municipality has turned down a booking by People Power movement to hold their consultation meeting. Sebastian Ogoni, the people power regional youth coordinator for Northern Uganda says that they had planned to hold the meeting on Tuesday and had already …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Manwoko village, in Labongo Amida sub-county, Kitgum district are optimistic to continue as the drought season sets in, following the establishment a modern irrigation scheme in their area. The irrigation scheme which sits on 17 acres of land was set up by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Several farmers in Kitgum and Lamwo districts are counting loses from sales of sim sim following a sharp drop in prices this season. Local leaders in the two districts which are known to produce bulk sim sim in the region attribute the low …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | 18,000 girls from ten sub-counties in Kitgum district are expected to acquire skills in making handmade reusable sanitary pads when schools open next year. The six months training to equip the girls commenced in Kitgum Municipality with training of ten selected women representatives from sub …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Internal Affairs Minister, Mario Kania Obiga launched the Uganda Prisons cotton farm in Orom-Tikao government prisons in Kitgum district. The farm sits on a 7,200 acre of land in Tikao village Gule parish in Orom sub county that was offered by the community free …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | More than eighty villages in Kitgum district are lacking access to safe and clean water sources. Presenting a report on the performance of the water sector, the District Water Officer Willy Picho says that despite the district having a safe water coverage of 100 …