BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU, GEOFFREY ANGUPALE AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI TEREGO: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 There is mix of anticipation and excitement among the residents of Anufira parish in Omugo sub-county, Terego district as the long delayed construction of the Mount Wati Health Center III nears completion. The residents are elated that …
Read More »ARUA CITY DEVELOPMENT FORUM AIMS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY, DEVELOPMENT AFTER INDUCTION
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025 The Health sector is under the social services thematic working group and the forum will develop a working group plan to scrutinize sector. “We aim for improved service delivery in the health sector where people are able to …
Read More »ARUA HEALTH OFFICIAL URGES RESIDENTS TO STICK TO MALARIA VACCINATION SCHEDULE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 Given the challenge of high rate of morbidity and mortality due to malaria, a health official has appealed to the public to stick to the schedule for vaccination. “The vaccine does not completely prevent malaria but it can prevent severe effects such as …
Read More »SMOOTH PREPARATIONS AS CHRISTIANS GEAR FOR THE JUNE 3 UGANDA MARTYRS DAY COMMEMORATION
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025 The preparations for the June 3rd Uganda Martyrs’ Day commemoration are proceeding smoothly with the organizers expecting to achieve set targets for a colorful event. Rt Rev Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi-West Nile Diocese said in a media briefing about …
Read More »WHY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OPENED A SH4BN OFFICE IN ARUA
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU Arua: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Richard Kamugisha Baabo, the acting secretary of the electoral commission (EC) said some years back, the commission asked districts to avail land for construction of their field offices. Arua district was one of the few districts that offered land for this purpose …
Read More »PRIORITIZE GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION, SAYS ABDU KALSUM
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 Many girls in Arua City and the surrounding areas are loitering on the streets vending petty goods and drugs, ignoring calls to be at school. As they do this, the miss vital basic right in their growth period to receive education, thereby …
Read More »KOBOKO WOMEN TAKE ON ECO-FARMING TO RESTORE DEGRADED FARMLANDS
By Janeth Fridah KOBOKO: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 In an effort to save the environment from degradation, women in lobule Sub County in Koboko district have embarked on tree planting. Shifa Salama, a member of the host community in Lobule, said that they formed an association of over 84 women …
Read More »KIRYANDONGO WOMEN EXCEL IN CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
By Jacklyne Mbonabyenja Kiryandongo: Tuesday February 25, 2025 In the vicinity of homesteads in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, clean well set vegetable gardens blossom. Majority of the backyard farms are operated by women who also practice mixed farming, intercropping, mulching, growing high breed crops, using organic fertilizers and carrying out irrigation …
Read More »‘PROSPER WOMEN’ MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH VEGETABLE GROWING IN ARUA CITY
BY STEPHEN CANDIA ARUA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025 There is a sense of wonder that has gripped the friends and neighbors of Charity Kayomirwoth, 31 and her colleagues Margaret Atimango and Gladys Piyic after they successfully turned a bushy and grove inhabited area along the banks of River Enyau in …
Read More »PANYIMUR BUSINESS GROUP SHIFT FROM FISH TO GOAT RARING TO OVERCOME LIVELIHOOD DISRUPTIONS DUE TO BAD WEATHER
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU PAKWACH: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025 In Panyimur, a town council bordering Lake Albert and River Nile in the West Nile district of Pakwach, fluctuations in the water level and reduction in the population of mukene (silverfish) are causing anxiety. This, coupled with limited adaptive capacity to cope …
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