BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI ARUA: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024 There is a beehive of activity at the construction site for the Arua Hospital Intensive Care unit as wheelbarrow pushers make their way with mixture of concrete up the rums for casting the concrete upstairs as plumbing technicians drill …
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BY ANDREW COHEN AMVESI ARUA: OCTOBER 30, 2024 Plastic waste, especially the poor disposal of bottles of mineral water, soft drinks and liquor, is one of the commonest forms of environmental pollution in Arua city. However, the business of making money from collecting plastics for sale is often regarded as …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Preparations have begun for the commemoration of the World Sight Day that has been rescheduled to take place on October 18, 2024 in Arua city. This year the focus is on children, hence the theme: “children love your eyes.” A week-long eye …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022 Following years of intense community policing to promote sexual and reproductive health rights awareness, the men in Arua city have finally begun to open up on sexual and gender-based violence. Jimmy Anguyo, the commandant of the child and family protection unit at …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2022 The training focusing on gender sensitive reporting of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) brought together 20 journalists, media personalities and social media influencers from Arua City and Terego district. “Usually after such trainings, things that you had been taking for granted …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 The principal judge, Dr Flavian Zeija, has said that the judiciary will strengthen innovations that it has introduced in order to improve access to justice by the litigants. He listed operationalization of more courts to reduce the distance for the people to …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 Exactly one month since the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of trade banned the production and sale of the City 5, a local gin attributed to the death of 17 of its consumers, the police have impounded 74 more …
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