Odongo took to the podium on Friday afternoon to express spirited support for the President during the Teso NRM Youth Leadership Summit at Soroti Sports Ground. The event attended by the Vice President Jessica Alupo, Foreign Affairs Minister Jeje Odongo, State Minister for Works Musa Ecweru, State Minister for Teso Affairs, Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote and the State Minister in charge of Disability Affairs Hellen Asamo, was organized to sensitize the youth on Parish Development Model- PDM.
Beatrice Ekesa, a Scientist at the Alliance of Biodiversity International stressed the importance of protecting Uganda's agrobiodiversity by promoting community seed banks so as to preserve crops that would be threatened by the emergence of foreign breeds that have flocked the economy.
From the conference, it is clear that the world is likely to see more nuclear power plants constructed between now and 2050. But speakers and promoters of this technology as part of energy security say it is crucial that the public is consulted about the likely risks and benefits of nuclear energy.
Francis Akorikin, the LCV Chairperson of Kapelebyong said that stopping the Karimojong from crossing to Kapelebyong was a precaution aimed at stopping the loss of livestock by the people of Kapelebyong.
The suspects who were arrested mid-last month according to the security officials were part of the racket causing havoc to the people in the districts of Acholi and Lango.
The grants are a result of the just concluded negotiations on the framework for development cooperation between Uganda and Germany for the next two years.
Sarah Namboze, 30 was arrested by police on Thursday in Northern Division, Mbale City. It is alleged that Namboze was denying the 5-year-old minor food and often mistreating him.
The markets that have been closed includes: Sofia market located at no man's land, Nangwe market located along Nangwe road, Equator market which is at Jinja road and Mawero market locate along Busia-Tororo road.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said that a new unit will operate on Monday to relieve the pressure on the 42-bed capacity unit at the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital which was established at the time an outbreak of Ebola was confirmed in the country.
The unit will also issue every landing site in the three districts with its own security code. The move is meant to ease the identification of boats operating on the lake and help them easily eliminate illegal boats from the lake.
The chaos started when a group of Muslims led by Sheikh Musa Khalil, the Northern Region Assistant to the Mufti forcefully gained access to Madina Faizan Mosque, at the school to install a new Imam to replace Sheikh Mohammad Yusuf Balinda, the former Imam who has since defected to the Kibuli-based Muslim faction.
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with TB last year, an increase of 4.5 per cent over 2020, and 1.6 million people died from the disease, including 187,000 who were HIV-positive.
