Tag Archives: Moroto

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Moroto district are holding 39-year-old Emmanuel Okello on allegations of masquerading as State House staff. He was picked up on Thursday morning after presenting himself as an intelligence officer from State House Entebbe. The suspect is a resident of Aparisa village, Tubur sub-county in  …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rising number of teenage girls involved in commercial sex work in Moroto municipality has triggered concern among the authorities. The Mayor of Moroto municipality, Mohamed Ismail, says that there are many girls as young as 14 years involved in commercial sex in the municipality. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two thousand hungry and vulnerable families in Moroto district have recieved relief food from Tearfund Netherlands. The food worth Shillings 370million was procured by Karamoja Integrated Development Program (KIDEP) with funding from Tearfund. The food relief was distributed to the most affected families in Nadunget, Rupa, …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Moroto district has raised 15.9 million shillings in the operation against defaulters of the Express Penalty Scheme. On Monday, police embarked on a traffic enforcement operation against the defaulters. EPS tickets were introduced in 2014 under section 165 of the Traffic and Road Safety …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rt. Rev. James Nasak, the Church of Uganda Bishop of  North Karamoja diocese has appealed to leaders in neighboring districts to be sympathetic to starving families from Karamoja crossing into their territory in search of food. North Karamoja diocese comprises Kotido, Abim, Kaabong, and Karenga districts. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 600 breastfeeding mothers from Napak and Moroto districts have recieved food relief from the US-based e3 Ministry, a Christian organization. Each breastfeeding mother recieved 15kg of maize flour and 10 kilograms of beans on Tuesday. Grace Tebakol, a mother of five and resident of …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The elders in Moroto district have expressed concern over delay in the payment of their money under the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) program. The SAGE is a social transformation program in which the government hands out cash to old persons aged 80 years …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Moroto district has recovered 18 bags of posho worth 7 million Shillings suspected to have been stolen from the relief food stores in Moroto municipality. The food was recovered on Wednesday following a tip-off from concerned members who saw bags of posho …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Armed warriors have stolen 230 goats distributed by the government to reformed cattle rustlers in Lotisan sub-county in Moroto district. The goats were distributed to the former rustlers under the improved goat project implemented by the Karamoja  Affairs Minister. The project seeks to distribute …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several learners in Moroto district have continued reporting to school despite the nationwide teachers’ strike that has been running for six days now. Our reporter visited several schools on Tuesday and found the learners playing around the compound. The majority of the learners only report to …