Pontius Eyotre, the LC 3 chairperson Oluffe sub county says some of his residents have even resorted to selling off their livestock rather than lose them to thieves, but others are locking them up in the same houses they sleep to keep them from thieves.
Ajifura confirmed to URN on the phone that he is yet to hand over the office a year after leaving office due to unpaid allowances. According to Ajifura, he is demanding more than Shillings 1.7 million from the district un accumulated allowances.
The site was used to extract hardcore, aggregate and stone chips by CICO, a China based road Construction Company during the construction of the 92 km Vurra-Arua-Oraba that was completed in 2015.
The absence of health facilities in the sub-counties has forced the residents to trek long distances in search of services while others have resorted to seeking services from some of the health facilities in the neighboring districts.
Under the new guidelines, communities hosting graduation, birthday parties are required to notify police and local leaders whenever their parties will end late. Monica Koliba Kotevu, the deputy Resident District Commissioner says, any lower local official who will be found issuing licenses for night disco operations will be held accountable.
Last night, the students went on strike after the school administration rejected their demand to dance during the inauguration function for the new prefects.
The deceased who are children of Bosco Opiga the LCI Chairman of Odru village in Drambu Sub County were knocked dead on spot at around 6:00 pm on Saturday by the Fuso Lorry, which also left several other people injured.
President Museveni Museveni early this month announced a ban on inter-district travel to prevent a further spread of COVID-19 as Uganda battles a more deadly wave of the pandemic. The president subsequently banned public transport implying that even essential workers who did not have their own means of transport would be unable to move.
The Emyoga group members became bitter particularly with the district commercial officer for cancelling the training and funds cannot be released before the training is conducted. The angry members demanded an immediate apology from the officials.
Francis Govule, the Chairperson of Maracha District Social Services Committee says there is a need to prioritise fuel for lifesaving vehicles like ambulances.
According to reports, four vehicles of Maracha district local government have been damaged due to reckless driving by some of the Technical and Political leaders and it is feared that leaders who have lost seats in the just concluded elections could pose more threat of damage if allowed to drive themselves in the government vehicles.
Tumukunde who is traversing the West Nile region on his campaign tour noted that one elected there will be no more “promises and stories”, he pledged to clear all claims by the veterans once he wins the presidency.
In a joint meeting held this week, the Task Force members wondered why the Chief Administrative Officer has delayed the approval of the funds for utilisation.
The money is meant to pay 130 councilors for the financial years 2018/19, 2019/2020 with each councilor expected to receive more than 440,000 shillings.
The case includes; two people who recently returned from Kenya, and have recently returned to Kijomoro Sub County in Maracha district, in the West Nile part of Uganda. The third suspected case is a resident of Oluffe Sub County.
