BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2025 Patriots do not steal medicines or strike over salaries, commissioner Hellen Sseku, the in-charge of the national secretariat of Patriotism Corps has said. She clarified that patriots love their nation, cherish their calling and render service above self and more so, they …
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BERNARD ATIKU: I’M GOING TO REIGNITE DEVELOPMENT, NURTURE AMBITION FOR PRESIDENT BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2025 Chants of Atiku Bernard Oyee! erupted among the small group of supporters inside the Electoral Commission’s nomination room in Arua City, as Osman Ezale, the returning officer declared Bernard Atiku duly …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU TEREGO: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2025 When he employed the conversational question and answer campaign stamina in Terego in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni received the majority votes in the ultimate elections. That time the president backed up the Q and A with promise of delivering hand hoes to …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2025 President Yoweri Museveni has warned the Ugandan electorate against the politics of sectarianism as the country drifts deeper into the campaigns ahead of the February 2026 elections. Museveni faces seven challengers in the presidential race that if he wins will extend his …
Read More »PANDEMIC ERA FACILITY RELIEVES VURRA HEALTH CENTER III OF CONGESTION
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2025 A Covid19 era project that was shifted 3km inland to Vurra health center III has turned into a blessing in disguise for Vurra sub county and the adjusted border community in Aru, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The border post …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI PAKWACH: MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025 Maureen Parwoth Kayenyi spent Sh5,000 on a bodaboda (motorcycle taxi) to take her to Pakwach Health Center IV when her child fell ill last week. A resident of Vungandik village, Oliojo parish in Pakwach sub-county, Kayenyi said the condition …
Read More »WITH THREE MONTHS LEFT TO WIND DOWN, PEP THANKS CDC FOR HIV/AIDS SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 The People Empowering People was one of the community based organisations participating in the HIV/AIDS program in Madi-Okollo district. The program was funded by the Centers for Disease Control of the United States of America through the Infectious Disease Institute of …
Read More »EMBRACE PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS – DR ELIZABETH KASIRYE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 Dr Elizabeth Kasirye, a preventive healthcare specialist at the Ministry of health, says people must not wait to first fall sick and then seek medical attention. “Embrace preventive care programs like vaccination. Let us turn health audit into a routine habit,” …
Read More »ARUA MEDIC CALLS FOR INTEGRATED INFECTION CONTROL MANAGEMENT TO CURB TB, LEPROSY
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 Tuberculosis and leprosy are two diseases which when left to advance to later stages are often confused with witchcraft, leading to further spread of infections and deaths due to poor handling. As a result, Dr Alex Odama Alidria, the regional head …
Read More »NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES THE NEW MONSTER KILLING PEOPLE- DR JOHN OMAGINO
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025 Dr John Omagino, the director of the Uganda heart institute has sounded warning about the rising incidences of non-communicable disease in the country, warning the they have become the monster that is killing people. Non-communicable diseases cannot be passed onto another person unless …
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