Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A multi-million slaughter house in Oleba Town council Maracha district has remained idle nearly eight years after construction. The facility which is located in Arua cell, Central ward was constructed during 2016/2017 financial year at over 30 million shillings under the then former greater Oleba …
Read More »Famous Malaba fish market near DRC border reopens
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Malaba Fish and Livestock border market in Maracha district has reopened more than two years after it was abandoned by vendors. In March 2021, vendors abandoned the market and fled to the neighboring open market across the border on the DRC side after they …
Read More »Maracha District threatens to delete staff from payroll for missing validation exercise
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen staff of Maracha District Local Government risk being removed from the payroll after they failed to show up for the recently concluded validation exercise. Among those who missed the validation exercise that took place between 7th-15th June 2023 include, 12 education assistants, two Local …
Read More »Maracha leaders ask Govt to construct school to honor Brig Toko
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Paranga sub-county in Maracha district are advocating for the construction of a secondary school in honor of the late Brig Gad Wilson Toko, a former vice-president during the Tito Okello military junta in 1985. They believe that Toko’s significant …
Read More »MARACHA: Speeding vehicle knocks S4 student dead
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior four student at Maracha High Secondary School in Maracha District was on Saturday knocked dead at Nyoro trading center along the Arua-Koboko-Oraba Highway. Samuel Adriko was knocked by a speeding motor vehicle registration number UBK 049L on Saturday, near Nyoro primary school in …
Read More »Police officer knocked dead in Maracha
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police officer in Maracha district has been knocked dead in a hit-and-run motor accident along the Arua-Koboko road. The deceased has been identified as Sergeant Constantine Adiga, who was attached to Maracha Central Police Station in Maracha Town Council. According to the Police, …
Read More »Maracha chief finance officer arrested over corruption allegations
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maracha district officials have been arrested for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of government funds. They are Stephen Candia, the chief finance officer, and William Oneti, the district site supervisor. They were arrested on Thursday afternoon from the district headquarters by the State House …
Read More »Construction of UGX 1.9Bn seed school in Maracha district stalls
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction works of Kololo Seed Secondary School in Maracha district have stalled. In April 2019, Maracha district commissioned the construction of a seed secondary school in Vura village, Tara sub-county at 1.9 Billion Shillings with funding from the World Bank under the intergovernmental fiscal …
Read More »Maracha district emyooga beneficiaries protest delayed remittance of funds
Emyooga beneficiaries in Maracha district are demanding to know the continued delay in the remittance of the funds Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 100 Emyooga beneficiaries from different groups in Maracha district on Friday stormed the offices of Chief Administrative Officer, the Resident District Commissioner and the District Commercial …
Read More »Maracha district allocates UGX 6 million to revive grounded ambulance
Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maracha district local government has finally allocated over 6 million Shillings to revive operations of the only ambulance that was grounded three months ago due to lack of fuel. The ambulance services came to a standstill after the only non-governmental organization, AVSI that had been helping …
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