BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Saturday, 11 October 2025 It was a parade of colours as children from private primary schools and secondary schools in Arua district brightened the Independence Day spirit at Vurra sub county headquarters where the celebrations were held. Joined by jolly market vendors, the parade that lasted …
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October, 2025
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11 October
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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6 October
BILHARZIA, MALARIA TOP DRIVERS OF ANEMIA IN PAKWACH
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 …
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6 October
NORTHERN UGANDA WOMEN COUNTERING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION ANALYSIS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025 When Gladys Ondoru’s husband succumbed to diabetes and high blood pressure in 2016, she waded into the unchartered waters of life as a widow where complications abound. A mother of six, Ondoru was the last of the three wives married to the deceased …
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4 October
EXCITEMENT IN WEST NILE AS EMCEES, MEDIA PANELISTS GET SH100M STATEHOUSE CASH
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025 The initiative is aimed at helping the masters of ceremonies and media panelists to create business venture to supplement their earnings. “Our biggest nightmare has been the exorbitant interest rates on loans, especially from money lenders. One time I borrowed sh500,000 and …
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3 October
JOURNALISM EXHIBITIONS ENHANCING RESILIENCE SKILLS FOR CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE IN NOTHERN UGANDA
By Josephine Osandru Mawua Madi Okollo, Uganda September 18, 2025 RHINO CAMP REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, Madi Okollo District. Under the relentless sun that pushes daytime temperatures past 40°C, the land in Rhino Camp settlement in Northern Uganda is cracked and parched. For the tens of thousands of refugees who fled conflict …
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1 October
WEST NILE-EU FRIENDSHIP TO ACCELERATE REGION’S DEVELOPMENT
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2025 The West Nile Development Association, an umbrella body bringing under a single platform the district local governments in the West Nile sub-region, is banking on a newly forged friendship with the European Union to accelerate the region’s development. Officials who recently visited …
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September, 2025
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28 September
PANDEMIC INNOVATION IN DIGITIZATION DRIVING GORILLA CONSERVATION IN BWINDI
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU BWINDI: Sunday, September 28, 2025 In 2021 Fidelis Kanyamunyu and his colleague David Gonahase, both conservationists in Western Uganda, began the “My Gorilla Family App.” This was at the height of the Covid19 pandemic lockdown when lack of movement of tourists had wiped out conservation revenues. The …
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25 September
Museveni duly nominated for 2026 presidential elections
By Musinguzi Goodluck KAMPALA – The Electoral Commission has officially declared President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa as a duly nominated candidate in the 2026 presidential elections. Making the announcement in Kampala, Justice Simon Byabakama, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, confirmed that Museveni had successfully fulfilled all the requirements stipulated …
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24 September
OPINION: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AN URGENT NECESSITY IN TEREGO DISTRICT
By Ezadri Michael Onyafia TEREGO: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 In the West Nile district of Terego where Tobacco growing as the main cash crop has dominated since the colonial times, environmental challenges abound. Deforestation arising from massive use of wood fuel for tobacco curing and opening of virgin lands for …
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