It is alleged that Constable Kopi Joel Bobi 27 years attached to the Field Force Unit, first shot his colleague Corporal Geoffrey Ogwal 47 years, after picking up a quarrel at a drinking joint at Vura village in Moyo town council.
In June 2020, more than 20,000 people living along the River Nile belt in Madi Sub-region were displaced and property lost when the water levels of the River Nile increased following heavy rains.
The eight were attacked on Thursday night while fishing on the Ugandan side of River Nile, where they were surrounded by the armed men who were allegedly looking for their cattle. They said that the cattle had been stolen and taken into Uganda.
Dismissing allegations of possible bribery, Drajuruga noted that the contribution of NRM to the development of Moyo district since 1986 has been convincing enough for him to step down.
However, according to officials from the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA in Moyo, the workers are compacting gravel at the Laropi docking pier to control the water and create a safer landing for the ferry.
Presiding over the handover of the ammunitions at Afoji border on Wednesday the Resident District Commissioner Moyo Bob Williams Labeja said the SPLA soldiers were shot due to mistaken identity since they were not in uniform.
The leaders argue that some ungazetted routes have remained unattended to and as a result many people are taking advantage to and from Uganda to South Sudan.
The team leader Dr Peter Muwereza says that the team will sensitise residents on the disease in addition to compiling an on-site report about the yellow fever threat in the district. He added that the Ministry is also mobilizing resources to carry out mass vaccination against yellow fever in the district.
According to Kasujja, Moro met his death on Tuesday afternoon as he tried to save a suspect accused of murdering two young boys from being lynched by a mob in Onyire village in Moyo Sub-County.
In May, the Refugee Desk Officer Titus Jogo revealed that refugees would be resettled at Lama in Moyo Sub-County by June 1st after Moyo lost the rights over refugees in Palorinya to Obongi.
In August, President Yoweri Museveni promised that his government will compensate the victims and later compel the government of South Sudan to refund the money to Uganda government
The students on Wednesday stormed the District headquarters in a peaceful demonstration to express their dissatisfaction over the administration.They accuse the head teacher Fred Ojara of exercising dictatorship, promoting tribalism, failing to account for entertainment funds for last term and cancelling the visitation Day.
He also disclosed that the road from Yumbe to Arua via Terego County and the security road from Pakwach through Obongi to Dufile shall equally be sealed.
Following the creation of Obongi District whose operations start on 1 July 2019, the refugees that are being settled in Palorinya in Itula Sub-County in Moyo District by geographical location of the settlement shall now be in Obongi District.
The Sub County was carved out of Itula Sub County in June last year, has remained nonoperational to date. The delay has triggered discomfort amongst residents of the area who have since petitioned the RDC to raise the matter with the office of the president.
Obongi County Member of Parliament Hassan Fungaroo Kaps, some of the leaders in Moyo district are in fear of losing revenue from the refugee hosting Sub Counties that will then be under Obongi district.
