Luo Elders programme Wednesday in Tororo ✳ Visit to Palace site in Nyangole ✳ Visit to Kisoko County Hq ✳ Visit to Kisoko Anglican Church ✳ Visit to Nagongera Catholic Church ✳ Visit to Were rice plantations ✳ Visit to Nyasigala Rock Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The …
Read More »Museveni directs against tabling Tororo, West Budama ‘Boundary Report’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has advised against presenting findings by the committee tasked to establish the historical boundaries of Tororo and West Budama, saying it will escalate tensions. There is raging dispute by some, of the boundary of Tororo and West Budama, pitting …
Read More »Rotary unveils multi-million WASH Project in Tororo
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities in Merikit Sub County, Tororo district are celebrating the commissioning of a project water and sanitation project, donated in memory of Sam Frobisher Owori, a senior Ugandan Rotarian who died two years ago. The sh1 billion project provides ten 10 new boreholes for …
Read More »CMI, Police track kidnapped Tororo child, arrest five suspects
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | At least five people are in custody at the Special Investigation Division–SID headquarters in Kireka, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District on accusation of kidnapping a boy from Tororo District. The suspects allegedly kidnapped 11-year-old Richard Bunywelo, a pupil at Tororo Education Centre on his …
Read More »Parliament directs Lands Ministry to present Tororo maps
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & PARLIAMENT MEDIA | A heated debate on Tororo in parliament yesterday ended with the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga directing that the Ministry of Lands present findings from a recent study-visit to London aimed at resolving the impasse. The visit to London was by a verification …
Read More »Uganda rugby clubs say goodbye to ‘Papa’ Mileke
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A delegation representing all the Ugandan rugby clubs led thousands who participated in ceremonies as Patrick “Papa” Mileke Aredo was laid to rest at Mikiya, West Budama on Wednesday. Mileke,58, was not only father to three players – Erasmus Aredo, Gabriel Aredo and Joseph …
Read More »Kwar Adhola calls for end to land fragmentation
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has challenged the Jopadhola to end land fragmentation, which he says has made it difficult for large scale commercial agriculture to be undertaken in Padhola. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola said the region will not benefit from the …
Read More »Over 1500 households fear eviction by Hima cement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 residents of Mwello parish in Mulanda Sub County in Tororo district are living in fear of eviction by Hima Cement Limited. The affected residents from over 1500 households occupy eight villages including Pamaraka, Mairo and Agumiti among others. Hima acquired a …
Read More »Wasike is new chairman St Peter’s College Tororo Old Boys
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St Peter’s College Tororo has elected a new team to lead their Old Boys (OBs) association. Samuel Wasike was on Thursday March 7 elected unopposed as chairman at the Annual General Meeting of the St Peter’s College Tororo Old Boys Association (SPECTOBA) at Hotel …
Read More »Uganda health workers respond swiftly after suspected Ebola death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan health workers have acted with swiftness to respond to a suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case that occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the body repatriated to Tororo in Uganda by relatives for burial. Last night, the Ministry of Health (MOH) …
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