Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Districts in Eastern Uganda are operating without ambulances. The ambulances in Mbale, Busia, Tororo and Kapchorwa are grounded over lack of funds for repair while others are beyond repair, forcing medical officials to rely on ambulances donated by well-wishers who include politicians and Non-Governmental …
Read More »Tororo flood victims urged to go home – three months later
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Floods victims in Tororo district are living under deplorable conditions. The affected people from over 200 households were displaced by floods triggered by heavy rains that pounded Tororo district in March this year and pitched camp at Fungwe primary school where they have spent …
Read More »Tororo District returns unspent sh5.1 billion to Treasury
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo District Local Government has returned sh5.1 billion to the national treasury as unspent funds for the 2019/2020 financial year. The Public Finance Management Act 2015 section 17 (2) stipulates that a local government that does not spend money that was appropriated to …
Read More »President’s Office returns unspent sh2.9 billion COVID-19 cash to treasury
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the President has returned sh2.9 billion to the treasury after failing to spend it on activities for which it was allocated. The money is part of an allocation of sh16.8 billion which the office received to facilitate COVID-19 response activities in …
Read More »Tororo health facilities run out of ART drugs
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several health facilities involved in offering Anti-Retroviral therapy-ART services in Tororo district are facing a drug stock out. The affected health facilities include among others Mukuju health center IV, Malaba health III, Mulanda health IV, Tororo general hospital, and Nagongera health center IV. Health authorities …
Read More »COVID-19 lockdown delays commissioning of Tororo central market
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The continued lockdown in Tororo district due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a delay in the commissioning of the Tororo central market. According to municipal officials, by March this year, the Contractor Young Jin Construction Inc. Company, a Korean firm had finalized works …
Read More »Government approves 15 new constituencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved the creation of 15 new counties that will start operation next year. The Minister in charge of information (ICT & National Guidance) Judith Nabakooba said in a statement that Cabinet made the approval at their latest meeting on Monday at State …
Read More »URA struggles to curb smuggling at porous border points in Busia
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA is struggling to stop smuggling at the porous routes of Malaba town council in Tororo and Busia districts. Residents still smuggle Kenya cement, rice, sugar, cartons of wheat flour, salt, white polythene bags, biscuits, sweat cones and PK chewing gums among …
Read More »27 quarantined as Tororo registers two COVID-19 community cases
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 27 people have been placed under quarantine in Tororo district after two community members tested positive to coronavirus disease. The two community cases are believed to be contacts of truck drivers who recently tested positive for the disease. Tororo District Health Officer Dr David …
Read More »Tororo medical workers arrested over drug theft
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Tororo district is holding three medical workers attached to Nangongera HC IV and Tororo hospital over alleged theft of drugs. The suspects are identified as; Peter Opua, the senior principle stores assistant Tororo main hospital, the Nangongera Health Centre IV assistant inventory …
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