BY FEDERICK DRAMADRI OBONGI: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 Vendors in Obongi main market in Obongi town council are demanding a forensic audit into the procurement and construction of a sh50 million waste management facility. The project was awarded by the Office of the Prime Minster to Gulu University Hoima campus …
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FEDERIK DRAMADRI OBONGI: TUESDAY, 24 DECEMBER 2024 Maureen (Not her Real Name), 16, is a pupil of Yenga Primary School in Morobi refugee cluster, Palorinya Subcounty in Obongi district who has been forced to abandon education due to defilement. Maureen says she had a romantic affair with a 19-year-old James …
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The Barakala health center complex is edging towards completion BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 The construction works should have ended by June 2024 but Barakala Health center’s Outpatients department and office block complex is still unfinished. Siraj Baguma, the health center in-charge says that …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Technicians have began assembling equipment at Kochi health centre III in Yumbe district, expected to be a game changer in enhancing maternal health. This follows the completion of a sh1.9 b Word Bank funded project that included the construction …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Koro health center III in Bidibidi Refugee settlement in Yumbe district is three months away from turning from a temporary unit to a permanent facility. This follows the construction of about sh2bn Outpatients Department, Inpatient Block, a maternity …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024 Rt Rev Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi-West Nile diocese, has called for modesty in spending among Christians as they celebrate Christmas this year. “Make Christmas cost effective, celebrate carefully, be security conscious have a stress-free Christmas,” said Rev Andaku. He …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Friday, December 13, 2024 The construction of an ambulance call and dispatch center that is expected to improve coordination and management for medical emergencies is under way at the Arua Regional Referral Hospital. Project engineers have estimated the works to be at around 79% as they …
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Brenda Alezuyo with her 3-month baby and Rukia Lekuru at Kubala trading center on Sunday BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 When Brenda Alezuyo, a teenage mother went into labour three months ago, she worried about the long distance to Omugo HCIV. More terrifying was …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 The construction works to upgrade Uriama Health Center to a grade three health center has hit 85% and is on course to be finished on time. This is a sh1.4b infrastructure project funded under the Covid-19 preparedness program of …
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