BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026 Consul Samuel Ondoma, the new Arua City Land board chairman has set priorities for the statutory body as he finally takes the helm following the swearing in on Wednesday. “Our first priority is to approve the backlog of files (about 2000) which …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, 23 JANUARY 2026 Gaspero Ombadro Oda may have died 46 years ago but his legacy loomed large as the people in Ayivu East constituency thronged to the polling stations to cast their vote. On the ballot for the Parliamentary candidates was Eng William Tiyo, a grandson but …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 It was an easy win for the incumbent male representative of the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Arua Central Division Council, Twalib Ayub who scooped 78% in the three person race on Tuesday. Ayub who also is the National Resistance Movement …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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