Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 cases of domestic and gender-based violence are recorded by the Lamwo District Community Department every week. Wilfred Nyeko, the Lamwo District Community Development Officer, told Uganda Radio Network that he registers between 5-7 cases of domestic and gender-based violence each day excluding …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor management of the payroll is affecting the performance of workers in Lamwo district. Raising the concerns to the State Minister for Economic Monitoring who is assessing government projects in East Acholi, James Okumu Bedijo, the Chief Administrative Officer of Lamwo said since the decentralization …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district leaders have expressed concern over the slow pace of work on the 1.5 Billion Shillings resource center in Lamwo town council. Work on the resource center which is being financed under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project started in June 2021, …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Balalo pastoralists have returned to Lamwo district six months after their eviction. In November 2021, President Museveni ordered the eviction of all pastoralists from Northern Uganda in a letter to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, arguing they were illegally operating in the sub-region and causing food insecurity …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Lamwo district are concerned about the delayed completion of rehabilitation works at Agoro irrigation scheme. Nancy Achora, the Lamwo District Woman MP, says that parliament approved the allocation of funds to complete the rehabilitation of Agoro irrigation scheme this financial year, but she …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A month-long mass immunization campaign against measles has started in Lamwo district following an outbreak reported last month. Measles is an acute, highly infectious, vaccine-preventable viral disease that can be transmitted through the air or through direct contact with an infected person. It presents symptoms of …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR is requesting for more land in Lamwo district to host refugees from South Sudan. In 2017, locals in Palabek Gem and Ogili sub counties offered a 50 square-mile chunk of land to host refugees fleeing war in South …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Environmental Protection Police Unit (EPPU) and Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng are trading accusations over illegal logging in the district. It follows the altercation last week between the EPPU and security personnel led by Oceng during an operation in Agula village, Abera …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some 176 LC3 parish councilors in Lamwo district are protesting the unexplained deduction of their annual honoraria allowances for the 2021/2022 financial year. Countrywide, each councilor representing a parish and the special interest groups in both sub county and town councils is entitled to a …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, has expressed concern over civil servants who still commute from Kitgum district. Lamwo District started operating on July 1st, 2009 but 13 years later, the civil servants still commute daily from Kitgum, which is approximately 66 kilometers away. …
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