Tag Archives: Tororo

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of Kisoko sub county in Tororo district have launched a campaign to persuade children to return to school when schools reopen next year. The Ministry of Education set January 10 as the official date education institutions will reopen two years after they were closed …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo district has the highest number of spina bifida and hydrocephalus cases in the country. These cases occur in unborn babies due to the lack of folic acid in the diet of their mothers. The babies are born with water in the head and spinal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | DFCU bank has been tasked to explain its move to evict 250 families in Tororo before the expiry of their loan term. Chris Sserunkuma, the in-charge of Special Assets at DFCU Bank appeared before the Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament on Wednesday following a petition …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 250 families in Tororo are seeking parliament’s intervention to stop their impending eviction from land that they used as collateral to secure a loan from DFCU bank. The residents under the Kasoli Tenants Sacco Ltd acquired the loan in 2013 to construct …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Lyokango trading center commonly known as Mile 5 in Tororo district have raised concern over the increasing number of commercial sex workers in their area. The residents say the number of commercial workers has been increasing since the inception of Hima and Simba …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | George Olowo, the Nyangole sub county LC III chairperson in Tororo district, has suspended operations in the one stop trading center in Mudodo parish, prompting traders to operate in their homes and bushes. The move has affected over 34 shops and 15 stalls. Olowo decided …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nixon Owole the Tororo Resident District Commissioner has ordered the municipal council authorities to halt the ongoing allocation of space to vendors in the new market. According to Owole, his office and that of the District Police Commander have received several reports and complaints from market …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Tororo who have missed out on stalls in the new market are angry, and have protested to municipal officials. Allocation of stalls in the new market ended on Wednesday, but more than 1,000 vendors realized that their names had been deleted from …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s ‘middle class’ or those living in urban areas are less likely to seek medical care in government facilities compared to the poor or those in rural areas, according to a survey published by Twaweza East Africa. The survey was aimed at investigating how …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo police are holding businessman Richard Omwa, resident of Bendo B zone in Akadoit sub county for allegedly selling adulterated cement. Police have also launched a manhunt for his seven accomplices who are on the run. According to police, the suspects have been ferrying pit …