Tag Archives: Lira

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ulrich Meyer, a Swedish National in Lira city has accepted to meet the burial expenses and pay blood money for knocking dead a primary school teacher. Meyer’s vehicle knocked dead Jimmy Odongo, a teacher at Rima Nursery and Primary School on Friday last week …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MS Habitat Consultants have embarked on the feasibility study ahead of the proposed construction of Akii-Bua Stadium in Lira district.The Sports State Minister, Denis Hamson Obua introduced the consultants to Lira district local government on Friday last week. The 90 days exercise will cost Shillings …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 taskforce in Lira has resorted to treating patients from their respective homes after the only treatment centre in the region became congested. The treatment centre with a capacity of only 20 patients has now admitted 35. Eight people who have recently tested …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Soroti and Lira have expressed mixed reactions to the immediate operationalization of both cities. In April, Parliament approved the creation of 15 cities which would start operations in a phased manner. The cities that would take effect July 1 are Fort Portal, Masaka, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Lira central police station have charged two men on allegations of assaulting two traffic police officers. The two reportedly beat up the traffic officers Emmanuel Tumuhibise and Thomas Kamusiime who were carrying out their duties on Saturday in Ngetta along Kigtum-Lira road. …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng is in the spotlight on social media after several posts showed her in a gathering of people without a face mask. Nearly all the people she was interacting with, did not have masks on. Criticism of …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira municipal council has threatened to halt tarmacking of boundary road after a section of residents threatened to sue the municipal authorities for allegedly trespassing on their land. The road which stretches from Lango College in Adyel division to Ngetta road in Railways division …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking for 97 million shillings to fence the gazetted parking space for truck drivers. In April, the Minister of Trade and Cooperatives put in place stopover centres for truck drivers in a move aimed at fighting the spread …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT and National Guidance State Minister Peter Ogwang wants the increasing number of South Sudanese nationals in Lira during the lockdown investigated. He issued the directives while meeting members of the Lira district Covid-19 taskforce in Lira on Monday. During the meeting, the Lira …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Adwila Primary School in Lira district has set tough conditions for the District Covid-19 Task Force to utilize the school playground as a parking area for transit truck drivers. It comes after the Lira district Covid-19 Task Force gazetted Adwila Primary School …