BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU OBONGI: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 Zumura Maneno, the Obongi district Woman Member of Parliament is rallying the residents to improve their housing as promises to connect the district with electricity begin to pick momentum. “We are tired of grass thatched houses,” she said. “This is why I …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU OBONGI: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2025 The residents of Obongi district in North western Uganda have marked with night-long celebration, the nomination of Kaps Hassan Fungaroo, the former Member of Parliament and the Vice president of the Forum for Democratic Change as he plots a comeback to legislative …
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BY FEDERICK DRAMADRI OBONGI: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 Vendors in Obongi main market in Obongi town council are demanding a forensic audit into the procurement and construction of a sh50 million waste management facility. The project was awarded by the Office of the Prime Minster to Gulu University Hoima campus …
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FEDERIK DRAMADRI OBONGI: TUESDAY, 24 DECEMBER 2024 Maureen (Not her Real Name), 16, is a pupil of Yenga Primary School in Morobi refugee cluster, Palorinya Subcounty in Obongi district who has been forced to abandon education due to defilement. Maureen says she had a romantic affair with a 19-year-old James …
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Abundoned 6 in 1 fish cages floating on River Nile in Obongi districtBy Dramadri Federick ARUA: Friday, October 11, 2024 At Namsaiya cell, Roma ward in Obongi town council, a water logged area is shrouded in thickets as it straddles the shores of River Nile. It is where one of …
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By Richard Drasimaku OBONGI, NORTHERN UGANDA: Nov 17, 2021 From the far-flung horizon, the setting sun illuminates the skyline, its rays dappling the banks of River Nile where parts of Obongi town once blossomed. But beneath the spectacle lie the ruins of destruction – of shops, rental units, residential apartments, and grass-thatched houses. …
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