Tag Archives: Michael Lakony

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A group of unknown people armed with bows and arrows, pangas and spears numbering over 60 have invaded Acholiber village in the Contested Apaa area. Acholiber has an estimated population of about 1000 people with some now on the run for their dear lives due …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Time is finally out for two hippopotamuses that have have continued to destroy food crops and even kill domestic animals for two years ever since they invaded Gaya parish in Pabo sub county of Amuru district. Following persistent cries from the people of Amuru and …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Environmental police are on the spot after 8 of their officers were arrested for escorting trucks transporting illegal charcoal from Amuru district en-route to Kampala. The officers were arrested at Olwal trading centre, Lamogi sub-county Amuru district escorting three trucks registration numbers UBD 366G, UAZ …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Police in Amuru District have quelled a planned demonstration against Linda Agnes Auma, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) over land compensation queries in Lakang, Amuru District. The demonstration relates to the protracted confusion in the sale of 10,000 hectares of land for the establishment of Madhvani Sugar …

Amuru , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 youths from Amuru and Guru-guru sub-counties in Amuru district have received agro storage facilities to store their farm produce. The facility was built with support from Save the Children International under the skilling the youth project which was being implemented in Amuru, …

Amuru , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Amuru District Local Government is stuck with dozens of government vehicles that have been grounded for more than five years. At the District headquarters located in Amuru Town Council, several motor vehicles that include double cabin pick-up trucks, 4WDs, mainly of Toyota and Nissan …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Amuru District risks losing Amuru Town Council Seed Secondary School after the community encroached on the school land.    The seed school was allocated part of an 80-acre piece of land by the family of one Ludongo in the 1980s to establish Lokung Primary School …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local residents of Amuru are concerned over late reporting to work and wastage of resources by civil servants who still commute from Gulu for work. Amuru district was carved out of Gulu in 2006, 14 years ago. The district with over 1,200 civil servants …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district has run out of food for its coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine centre at Pabbo Senior Secondary School in Pabbo sub county. Michael Lakony, the Amuru district chairperson says the 10 tonnes of relief food that was delivered from the Office of the Prime …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has allocated 400 million shillings to Amuru district to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the district.   The allocation comes at a time when the district taskforce had for long been crying for more funds from the central government.   Geoffrey …