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Lugbara paramount chief to be elected next month

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lugbara Cultural Institution has set Friday March 10, 2023 as the date for election of the new paramount chief locally known as Agofe. The position fell vacant following the death of His Highness Jason Avutia III on January 23, 2023, at his home in …

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Rise in cases of incest irks Lugbara cultural leaders

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lugbara cultural institution has raised concern about the high numbers of cases of incest registered during the lockdown. The cultural institution has registered 600 cases of teenage pregnancies in Arua, Terego, Maracha, Madi-Okollo and Yumbe since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ismael Tuku, the …

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Over 3000 girls got pregnant in West Nile during lockdown

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than three-thousand girls got pregnant in the greater West Nile region during the Covid-19 lockdown according to statistics from the Education department of the Lugbara Cultural institution. Suzan Ezatia, the Minister of Education in Lugbara Kari says that their findings indicate that some of …

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