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Entries from August 2008

Garbage problem in Gulu

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

 
photo news by Dominic Ochola
GULU – Gulu is experiencing reckless dumpings allegedly blamed on poor supervision by the Gulu Municipal council and weak laws that regulate careless dumping. 

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Tags: Health · News from Northern Uganda

Dokolo men urged to use Family Planning methods.

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

 By William Bakama
LIRA- Resident district commissioner Ruth Atala Aupa has called on men in Dokolo to start using family planning methods.

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Tags: Health · News from Northern Uganda

Northern Uganda rehabilitation program launched in Dokolo.

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

By William Bakama
LIRA- Dokolo district local has launched two projects funded by northern Uganda rehabilitation program and European Union on peace building, conflict resolution and intervention on HIV- AIDS mitigation, control, support and sensitization in a function held at Agwata Sub County.

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda · Peace Talks

Ottafire orders Lira vice chairman to stay in office

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

By William Bakama
LIRA- The minister of local government Kahinda Ottaffire has directed Lira district vice chairman Tony Ogwang Adwari to stay in office.

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda · PRDP

‘International Criminal Court not balanced’

August 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

By Gloria Laker Aciro
GULU- The International Criminal Court has come under critism by the Gulu based Human Rights Focus, a local human rights non-governmental organisation over what they say is not balanced in its work.

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Tags: Crime · News from Northern Uganda

UPC criticizes Bashir’s indictment

August 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By Okaka Samuel
APAC- The Uganda People’s Congress party has criticized the indictment of Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and genocide in the Darfur region.

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda

Northern districts received 4 billion NUSAF fund

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

 By Okaka Samuel 
APAC- Fourteen districts in north and eastern Uganda have received more than 4- billion shillings for development activities from Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF). 

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda

Radio for peace recovery

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

By Gloria Laker Aciro
GULU- Rural women in the war ravaged Acholi and Lango sub-regions of northern Uganda are to receive radios, which they will use to engage in productive livelihoods. This is seen as one of the many ways in addressing the challenges of dependency on relief aid associated with camp lives.

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Tags: Going Back

NRM in great fear of opposition parties – Akena

August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

By Omara Elem
LIRA- Lira municipality member of parliament and also the son of the late president Apollo Millton Obote, Jimmy Akena Obote has said the government is in real fear of opposition parties come 2011 elections.

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda

LC5 Lira engineer arrested over Nusaf money

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

By Omara Elem
LIRA- Police in Lira on Sunday arrested the LC5 chairperson Franco Ojur and detained him for over eight hours in Lira central police station before granting him police bond.

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Tags: News from Northern Uganda