ARUA RCC, BOSS CAMPAIGN FOR NRM’S JACKSON ATIMA BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025 In a first of such a kind in Arua City, Betty Otekat Akello, the Resident City Commissioner and her Supervisor, Gertrude Collins Obed who is the Dean of resident district commissioners in West Nile, …
Read More »WEST NILE RRO WARNS CANDIDATES, MEDIA AGAINST SELF-DECLARATION OF POLL RESULTS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025 As January 15, 2026, the polling day for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections draws closer, the regional returning officer for West Nile has called upon the candidates to respect the mandate of the electoral commission to manage the election process and guard …
Read More »A SURVIVOR OF AYIVU EAST NRM PRIMARY ELECTION VIOLENCE CAMPAIGNS FOR ENG TIYO
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2025 On the fateful day, the youth mobilisers were returning home after canvassing for support for former Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru when they were ambushed by drunken supporters of a rival candidate who armed them with machetes. That …
Read More »OPPOSITION DEFECTIONS PROVE SOUNDNESS OF MUSEVENI’S MANIFESTO, NRM YOUTH WINGERS SAY
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2025 The delectation of young people into the National Resistance Movement are not a surprise to anybody who has been in party politics, Vincent Anguzu, an NRM youth winger has said. “These defections simply prove the numerical strength of the NRM and the …
Read More »POLICE TELLS UGANDAN JOURNALISTS TO SEPARATE PROFESSIONALISM FROM ACTIVISM
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025 Latif Zaake, the West Nile Regional Police Commander says activism puts journalists in harm’s way because it turns them into opponents of the state especially during the period of tense election campaigns. “Help us by doing checks and balance but the question …
Read More »NRM INTENSIFIES VOTE HUNT IN ARUA CENTRAL DIVISION AS HEAVY WEIGHTS JOIN THE CAMPAIGN
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025 The National Resistance Movement has intensified the search for votes in Arua City as top party officials in the region join in the campaign trail, one month to the polling day. Starting with the Zoe Bakoko Bakoru, the Arua City chairperson of …
Read More »ARUA RESIDENTS URGED TO REJECT TRIBALISM, RELIGIOUS SEGREGATION AHEAD OF 2026 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025 At 53 years, Asa Suleiman Orodriyo, a resident of Bazaar Ward in Arua Central Division has participated in all the elections since the National Resistance Movement reintroduced elective politics starting with the resistance councils. “I represented Bazaa women in the local council …
Read More »HOW STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS HELPING TO MITIGATE DEGRADATION IN WEST NILE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 From West Nile to Karamoja, the panorama of large scale deforestation due to charcoal burning and the commercial transportation of charcoal to Kampala is playing out unabated. This phenomenon is unfolding under the watch of the law enforcers against the backdrop of …
Read More »FIGHT POVERTY TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT IN MADI OKOLO, SAYS MARTIN DRITO
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MADI-OKOLLO: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2025 Martin Drito, the former member of parliament of Madi-Okollo constituency is now the National Resistance Movement flag bearer for the Upper Madi-Okolo constituency has called for efficient utilization of natural resources, and diversification of sources of income to mitigate environmental degradation in …
Read More »COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS CHANGING THE FORTUNE OF ENYAU RIVER, THE LIFELINE OF ARUA CITY
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025 Monday, December 1, 2025 was a unique day for Ziribabeli Azabo, a resident of Orivu village in Ezuku parish, Arua district where River Enyau flows out of the earth’s crust. On that day, Azabo accompanied by a colleague went to the riverbank …
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