Tag Archives: Kwania

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district probation and welfare department, and residents of Aduku township cell in Aduku town council have decried the increasing cases of child abuse. Moses Opio, the district probation and welfare department officer says that many cases of abuse like child negligence, corporal punishment and defilement …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kwania district has arrested five of their own for allegedly assaulting a suspect. Amos Owiny, Vincent Otile, David Obote, Daniel Okello and Daniel Okula, all constables attached to Teilwa police outpost were arrested on Saturday. They allegedly assaulted Nelson Ayini on Friday during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction works of two maternity wards at Akali and Owiny health centers II in Kwania district have commenced. The World Bank-funded project is meant for the refurbishment and upgrade of the two health centers to HCIII’s, under the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Program for Results- …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested Bongoni Okwir Ojok, the National Unity Platform-NUP chairperson for Kwania district and three others. It’s alleged that Okwir, Charles Ogwang, the Kwania district NUP mobilizer and two unidentified NUP officials from Kampala were arrested on Wednesday evening when they had gone …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of youths in Kwania district have welcomed the pledge by presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe to create jobs. During her campaign trail in Lango region, Kalembe made several pledges that include fighting corruption, stopping land grabbing, improving teacher’s welfare, better health for youths and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,820 farmers in Kwania district have subscribed for the unique Agricultural Cluster Development Project -ACDP. ACDP is a five-year government project initiated in 2018 to improve on-farm productivity, production, and volumes of selected agricultural commodities in specific geographical clusters of the country. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled his pledge of 150 million shillings to procure a mini-bus for Ikwera Girls Secondary School in Kwania district. Museveni pledged to donate the bus to the school after a school truck, a Tata lorry Reg. No. UG 0753G that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishing activities have resumed on 13 landing sites in Kwania and Dokolo districts. It follows the government’s decision to lift the suspension on fishing activities on Lake Kwania and Kyoga after the March 2019 suspension on the request from Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organization …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An elderly woman in Kwania district has torched five grass thatched huts before setting herself on fire protesting a land dispute with her son. The deceased has been identified as Rose Adong, a resident of Awiritojo village in Banya parish in Inomo sub county. …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 farmers from six sub-counties in Kwania district have received heifers worth 576 million shillings under the restocking program. In 2014, the government earmarked 20 billion shillings to restore livelihoods and alleviate poverty in West Nile, Acholi, Lango and the Teso-sub regions …