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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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MARACHA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 In the rural plains of Maracha district where mairungi and tobacco once ruled the gardens, a green revolution is quietly unfolding, hinged on cocoa as a surprise game-changing cash crop. One-by-one, households are digging themselves out of abject poverty. This is after …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 The stage is finely primed for an exhilarating contest in Ayivu Division mayoral race following the nomination of two candidates, the incumbent Marlon Avutia and his challenger, the gospel singer Jimmy Candia a.k.a TIG. Both candidates shied with relief after an exhausting …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The nominations for the various electoral positions in Arua City have ended with the electoral commission registering 45 candidates, four of whom sailed through unopposed. Those declared without opponents are the two youth councilors, the male elderly representative and the Female workers’ …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025 The Equity Bank has identified structural barriers as a major hindrance to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda’s West Nile Sub-region. To eliminate those barriers and unlock the potential of the SME’s the bank is emphasizing record keeping and …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 Consul Samuel Ondoma of Alaka and Company advocates has been elevated to the chairperson of Arua City Land board following the resignation of Bernard Atiku who opted to unsuccessfully pursue active politics. Ondoma was a member of the land board but his …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025 The Parish Development Model (PDM), government’s latest flagship program for poverty eradication has given financing capital to 14,812 people in Arua city since 2022. The beneficiaries are from 54 savings and credit cooperative organisations (SACCOS), six of whom are from the Central …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Thursday, August 14, 2025 A multi-million shillings family business that went nuts following the demise of two key founding members has rejuvenated following the creative intervention by Vicky Ozia Eyokia in 2023. An accountant by profession, Eyokia abandoned her business activities in Yumbe district to take …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025 Arua City members of the National Resistance Movement have elected as their flag bearer, a 25-year-old electrical engineer who will represent the party in the general elections next year. Lawrence Alionzi a.k.a Dangote is a fresh graduate and former Guild President of …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025 Jackson Atima, the Member of Parliament for Arua Central Division, has shifted his attention to vote protection as open campaigns for the National Resistance Movement Primary elections come to an end. He urged his supporters to stay calm and wait for communication …
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