Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Angagura sub county, Pader district are on spot for fueling environmental destruction of tree species in Aswa Ranch. The species on the verge of extinction include Shea nut trees and Africana Afrizella that government banned cutting in 2018. However, the local leaders …
Read More »UPDF soldier arrested for shooting teenager to death in Pader
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pader district are holding a UPDF soldier attached to Banabana Battalion in Kitgum for allegedly killing a teenage boy. Private Michael Akena who was deployed to guard one of the project sites of National Water and Sewerage Corporation –NWSC in Acholi Bur sub …
Read More »Newly recruited SPCs warned against misusing guns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 Special Police Constables-SPCs in Pader district who have completed a two weeks training have been warned against acts of indiscipline. The 219 SPCs from Pader are part of the 50,000 who will be deployed at polling centres in different parts of the …
Read More »Four FDC leaders in Pader suspended for supporting independent candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Pader Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party chairperson has suspended four key party officials for alleged indiscipline. Justine Ocan suspended Mark Odongkara Obeda, the secretary for publicity who double as the party spokesperson, Opobo Comboni, district party registrar in charge of elections, Ojede Pacoto and …
Read More »Man electrocuted by falling electric cables
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man has died in Pader district after coming in contact with a falling high voltage electricity cable. Geoffrey Komakech was reportedly walking back home when cables of a falling electricity pole landed on him and electrocuted him. The incident happened during a rainstorm …
Read More »Soybean farmers decry poor prices
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soybean farmers in Pader district are crying foul following a drastic drop in the price. A kilogram of soybean now costs Shillings 700 down from Shillings 3000. Sabina Alimo, a peasant farmer in Golo parish in Latanya sub county says it is a real …
Read More »Pader sub county leaders reject UGX 7 million Covid-19 funds
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sub-county leaders in Pader district have rejected 7.9 million shillings allocated for Covid-19 activities. Twelve sub-counties in the district were allocated the money in April this year by the district task-force to facilitate COVID-19 related activities. The money is part of the 165 million shillings …
Read More »Eight unexploded ordinances destroyed in Pader
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces bomb squad have detonated eight unexploded bombs in Pader district. They were detonated on Wednesday in Pader town council and Dure village in Acholi bur town council. Dusman Okee, the Pader Resident District Commissioner says that most of the …
Read More »Domestic violence brawl claims two in Lamwo, Pader districts
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been killed in Pader and Lamwo districts in domestic brawls according to police. The deceased are Angela Latoo, a resident of Aluka East village in Ogom sub county in Pader district and Francis Ogik, a resident of Logwar central village in Palabek …
Read More »Acholi paramount chief irked by encroachment on royal land
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II is protesting the encroachment on Payira Royal clan land in Pader District. The land in question is found in Lacekocot Trading Centre in the newly created Atanga Town Council in Aruu North County. The land has been segmented …
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