In 2012, Lira Regional Referral Hospital authorities dragged Geoffrey Okello to court on behalf of the community for allegedly encroaching on plots 9 to 19, 21 to 41 Military road, and plots 6 to 14 on Agoro road that belong to the hospital. High Court ruled in favor of the hospital as the rightful owner of the contested land.
In 2013, the Lira District council passed an ordinance that was in line with the Ministry of Education’s guidelines for the School Feeding and Nutrition program as a mechanism to improve child health, nutrition, and educational performance.
Dr. Patrick Buchan Ocen, the District Health Officer attributed the above challenges to inadequate staff accommodation and social problems among the staff. He says some people are still not complying with reporting mechanisms already in place.
In 2016, the families acting under their umbrella Lango Camp Host Association (LACHA) association filed a suit before Lira High Court seeking compensation from the government for the degradation caused on their land during the Lord's Resistance Army -LRA insurgency.
Speaking during the pre-session meeting on Monday, Industrial court Judge Anthony Wabwire, committed to having more court sessions in the region to solve the problem of case backlog and relieve the resident judge from overworking himself.
The prosecution alleges that between 2016 and 2022, Mugisha recruited, harbored, received, maintained, and transported the now 17-year-old girl by means of deception or position of vulnerability for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
In his ruling, Abiti argued that despite being a first time offender and appearing remorseful, she committed an inhumane act which deserves a deterrent sentence.
The Lango LF-MMDP project being implemented by Sight Savers, an international non-governmental organization is providing surgeries for hydrocele and lymphedema in the nine districts comprising the Lango sub-region and will come to an end in September this year.
Sarah Ikwayo, a mother of eight and resident of the Kaberamaido district was married to the late Pius Enasu, a former Grade III teacher employed by Lira district until his death in 2010.
Retired Colonel Tony Otoa, former Prime Minister Lango Cultural Foundation described the justice as principled, honest and dedicated public servant whose death has shocked the entire nation. Otoa is disappointed that the justice died at a time when the cultural institution needed him the most.
Dr. Patrick Buchan Ocen, the Lira District Health Officer says although the patients have tested negative, a confirmatory test will be done any time this week to ascertain the results.
The school with an enrollment of 1,374 pupils has eight classrooms, 125 desks, and only 15 out of the required 34 teachers. The head teacher’s office has also been turned into a store and library.
The leaders argue that informal justice measures were only correctional unlike the current legal system in Western Cultures where people are put in prison and some sentenced to death for committing crimes.
Akite says her condition worsened during the first COVID-19 lockdown, leaving her shrunken and helpless. She even missed her Primary Leaving Examinations PLE which her classmates sat the following year which was last year.
James Ajal, the prime Minister of Lango Cultural Foundation, says that their discussion with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to construct a resource center to rehabilitate street children has not yielded fruits.
Since 2015 when the health centre was commissioned by President Museveni, it has remained closed and is now being used by students of Team University as a lecture hall.
Josephine Ajok, a resident of Bargweng village Adowa Parish in Ogur Sub-county, says that the construction of Barlonyo HCIII will relieve her the burden of walking long distances to Ogur HCIV or raising money for paying Boda- boda riders who currently charge exorbitant fees due to the high fuel prices.
