Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lira city Covid-19 taskforce has given a three days ultimatum to public places to adhere to standard operating procedures or risk being closed. The places include the Lira produce lane, the main market, bus and taxi parks, other small markets, among others. Although the …
Read More »Minister Magyezi intervenes in Lira city, district row over headquarters
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi has asked Lira city not to evict Lira district authorities from the district headquarters. When Lira municipality was elevated to city status in 2020, it became autonomous and was no longer under Lira district. This also meant that the …
Read More »‘COVID-19 vaccination cards on sale in Lira’
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | COVID-19 vaccination cards are being sold to unvaccinated people at a cost of Sh100,000 in Lira, according to Ivan Kareiga, the Officer in Charge of operations at Lira Central Police Station. While addressing the COVID-19 task force meeting on Thursday, Kareiga informed the team …
Read More »4,000 approved for cattle compensation in Lira
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 4,000 people in Lira district will be compensated for lost cattle during the conflict in the Lango region. The beneficiaries are drawn from all sub-counties in Lira district and the two divisions of Lira city. According to a list released by the Attorney General, …
Read More »SAGE beneficiaries in Lira die before receiving stipend
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elders under the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) have passed on in Lira before receiving their stipend. Through SAGE, the government gives out a monthly stipend of 25,000 Shillings to persons aged above eighty in different parts of the country. Records from the Lira …
Read More »Mob lynches man for slaughtering his wife
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob in Lira has killed a man for butchering his wife. The mob hunted 53-year-old Denis Alal and killed him for slaughtering his estranged wife, Christine Akello on Monday evening. It all started after Alal while at Anai Ober Cell, Lira City West …
Read More »LDU candidate dies during physical exercise
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An applicant has collapsed and died during the Local Defense Unit Personnel recruitment exercise in Lira city. The deceased is 28-year-old Solomon Amone, a resident of Adyel in Lira city West division. Amone collapsed and passed on shortly after covering 2.5 out of the 5 …
Read More »Teachers in Lira embrace Covid-19 vaccination
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of teachers convened at Covid-19 vaccination centres in Lira as the exercise kicked off on Monday. The vaccination exercise which was supposed to start last week was delayed to enable the authorities to mobilize for the exercise. Two schools; Lira Primary School and Ayago …
Read More »Lira ghetto youths find hope in selling tree seedlings
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of youths in Lira city are telling a success story of abandoning the streets to earn from a newfound passion for growing and selling tree seedlings. The group which comprises of mostly street children aged between 4 and 13 ventured into the business …
Read More »Three UPDF remanded over murder of Oyam ex-soldier
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lira Grade one magistrate court has remanded six people including three UPDF soldiers over the murder of Remijo Okello. Lt. Col. Nelson Ayebare, Pt. Emmanuel Ogete, Corporal Basaja Balaba Fred, Morris Oruk, Jimmy Okello and Boniface Ogwangwere were remanded on various counts. The …
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