BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, 6 JULY 2026 The preparations for the forthcoming West Nile in Diaspora convention have received fresh impetus as organisers announce hitting a significant milestone. Dr Lazarous Anguvaa, the chairperson of the steering committee for the London convention confirmed during the second last global preparatory meeting …
Read More »ADALAFU WINS AYIVU WEST CHRISTMAS CUP SPONSORED BY BERNARD ATIKU
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025 ADALAFU 2 : 1 YIVU The Adalafu ward and Yivu ward teams, staged an entertaining football contest on Wednesday as the Ayivu West Constituency Christmas cup came a close. Both teams in the final were from the former Pajulu sub county that …
Read More »BISHOP ANDAKU APPEALS FOR VIOLENCE FREE ELECTIONS, COST-EFFECTIVE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025 Rt Rev Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi and West Nile diocese has appealed for peaceful and violence free elections as Christians prepare for the festive Christmas period. “This year’s Christmas has come at a time of hot competitive campaigns and …
Read More »ARUA RCC, BOSS CAMPAIGN FOR NRM’S JACKSON ATIMA
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 »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 »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 »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 …
Read More »AYIVU EDUCATION PROMOTION FUND BENEFICIARIES CAMPAIGN FOR BERNARD ATIKU
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025 Lillian Ayakaka, a resident of Pajulu is one of the beneficiaries of the Ayivu education Promotion Funds, a program that was run by Bernard Atiku when he was the Member of Parliament. Ayakaka who is now a professional surveyor says she is …
Read More »FROM WEST NILE TO KIGEZI, ACTIVISTS RALLY AGAINST DIGITAL GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Thursday, November 27, 2025 Digital Gender Based Violence, which the Uganda Police has defined as technology facilitate violence directed towards person on the basis of gender is increasingly becoming a common crime, raising concern among the communities and activist in the Country. As a result, civic …
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