Tag Archives: Pader

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Three NUSAF III groups of Pukor Sub-County in Pader district have faulted a local contractor for supplying them with blind cows. The NUSAF III groups whose members reportedly receives blind cows are Loyocak Animal Traction, Abung Animal Traction and Gangba Animal Traction all in …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pader district are holding a special police constable for alleged illegal enforcement of Covid-19 standard operating procedures. SPC 2818 Patrick Malimu attached to Pajule police station in Pader district was arrested on Saturday afternoon after he and another police deserter identified as Richard …

Twenty-one years and still counting, Pader district is without a district hospital and is struggling to manage the second wave of COVID-19 Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of a hospital has denied Pader district the opportunity of receiving medical oxygen needed to support the management of Covid-19 critical …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district Covid-19 taskforce has approved the district COVID-19 Response Plan and budget worth Shillings 958M to support the fight against the pandemic. Both the plan and budget were approved in the weekly district COVID-19 taskforce meeting chaired by the Resident District Commissioner, Okee Ducman. …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-year-old boy in Pader district has succumbed to coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The minor reportedly died on Thursday night from their home in Lubiri village in Atanga sub-county. Kizito Omoya, the Pader district surveillance officer says the boy’s test result conducted using the Rapid Diagnostic …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a gang of youth in connection with the destruction of several property worth millions of shillings in Pader Town Council in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The youth reportedly rampaged after police stopped their party at Hotel Perfect View …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2,000 kilograms of posho that were supposed to be distributed to selected vulnerable people in Pader district are rotting away. The relief food was donated in April last year to support selected categories of people who were hit hard by the impact of the …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pajule town council and Bongtiko sub-county in Pader district have reacted to the 25 year jail sentence handed to former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ongwen by the International Criminal Court-ICC Judges. The joint sentence was delivered by the ICC presiding judge …

The stray lion is believed to have escaped from the Kidepo Valley National Park Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Laguti and Atanga sub counties in Pader district are living in fear following an invasion by a stray lion in their area. The Laguti sub county LCIII chairperson Christopher Mwaka …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has started a detonation exercise to destroy unexploded ordinances in Pader district. The Pader Resident District Commissioner, Dusman Okee says the exercise that started on Wednesday will run for two months. It follows a resolution reached during the district security …