Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The innovative use of cooking baskets has made a significant contribution to environmental conservation efforts in the Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district. These baskets, crafted from cloth (kitenge), cotton wool for insulation, and the basket itself, are utilized to complete the cooking process, thereby …
Read More »Yumbe Refugee School gets ICT lab, computers for digital learning
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ariwa Secondary School in Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district has received an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) lab to help enhance digital learning opportunities for students. The lab is equipped with 20 computers and Internet connectivity for a year is a donation from telecom …
Read More »Ariwa SS seeks own dormitory as pregnancy rates shoot up
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Girls at Ariwa Secondary School in Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district are struggling to complete their studies, as many of them are seeking accommodation in the community, and some are now pregnant. Without dormitories, students are forced to rent houses within the community, …
Read More »Yumbe Mango Factory to start operations
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a sigh of relief among fruit farmers in the West Nile sub region after Aringa Mango Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited (Ltd) is set to commence buying mangoes for processing at Yumbe Mango Factory this season. The factory which is located in Lodonga sub …
Read More »Leaders hail UPDF for crackdown on South Sudan gunmen
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and leaders in Yumbe District have hailed the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) for restoring sanity along the disputed Uganda-South Sudan Border in the West Nile sub-region. Over the past years, residents along the disputed border areas of Uganda-South Sudan have grappled with …
Read More »Schools stranded after transfered teachers in Yumbe refuse to relocate
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teaching and learning in several government aided primary schools in Yumbe district has been paralyzed for weeks over failure by the newly transferred teachers to report to their new duty stations. Early last month, the District Education Department announced the transfer of about 300 …
Read More »Yumbe Procurement Officer arrested for soliciting UGX 23M bribe
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Senior Procurement Officer for Yumbe district, Taban Kana, and Siraj Anule, an official of Miribe Foundation Limited, have been arrested for soliciting a bribe from a contractor. They have been arrested by detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the Police Criminal Investigations …
Read More »Yumbe teachers arrested as UCE exams enter week two
Yumbe , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people have been arrested for alleged malpractices in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations. Jennifer Kalule Musamba, UNEB’s Principal Public Relations, said the suspects include six teachers and an invigilator, who were arrested at Nampita Secondary School in Yumbe district. Kalule …
Read More »Teacher jailed 8 years for defiling pupil
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yumbe Magistrates Court has sentenced a teacher of Kumari Primary School in Koboko district to eight years in jail for defilement. Bosco Atiku, 36, a teacher of Kumari Primary School in Koboko District defiled a primary seven pupil of Omgbokolo Primary School in Yumbe …
Read More »Hello World and partners empowers refugees and host communities through digital skills
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world commemorates World Refugee Day today, Hello World in collaboration with abrdn, Andan, Imagine Her and Roke Telkom has constructed a solar-powered digital hub known as the Hello Hub at the Odravu West Community in Yumbe District to equip refugees and the …
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