Tag Archives: River Unyama

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Atiak sugar factory in Amuru district has unveiled plans to construct an irrigation scheme and water dams along River Unyama in a move aimed to mitigate flooding in Elegu township. Mahmood Abdi, the Director of Agriculture and Plantation, Atiak sugar factory which sits along …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Elegu township in Amuru district have petitioned the State Minister for Works, Musa Ecweru over the delayed expansion of the bank of River Unyama to avert flooding. In 2019, the government through the Ministry of Works signed a tripartite deal worth Shillings 1.9 …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Amuru district authorities plan to construct irrigation schemes and water dams along the banks of River Unyama to mitigate persistent flooding of Elegu Township along the Uganda-South Sudan border.     Elegu Town suffers devastating floods, which displaces hundreds of people whenever River Unyama bursts its …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  River Unyama has burst its banks flooding Elegu Township in Attiak Sub County in Amuru district. Patrick Louis Lamot, a health worker in Elegu Township, says the floods started on Sunday evening and had submerged the entire Eastern side of the Town Council and parts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district are worried over the illegal entry and exit of South Sudanese in Uganda at the Elegu border post. Amuru district authorities last week blocked entry of people from South Sudan and exit into South Sudan through the Elegu border post …

  Amuru, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have allegedly kidnapped a 16-year-old male juvenile in Elegu Town Council in Atiak Sub-County, Amuru district. The victim Kalanzi, a shop attendant went missing on Sunday at around 10:00pm. Akim Kalanzi, 40, the victim’s employer and a resident of Lorikowo West village …