Sylvester Kiwanuka, the Uganda Revenue Authority Customs manager for the Northern region, confirmed the incident, stating that the driver, along with the impounded vehicle, has been transferred to Kampala, where he is expected to appear in court.
According to the local authorities, the animals are normally slaughtered at night and packed in black polythene bags before being taken to the market. Whereas other dealers have resorted to using the door-to-door approach to sell animal products, especially meat.
The quarantine covers Payimur sub-county, Payimur Town Council, Alwi sub-county, Pakwach sub-county, and Panyango sub-county, where cases of respiratory diseases have been reported since April this year.
Robert Omito Steen, the Pakwach LC V chairperson, says the issue of floods near Pakwach bridge has become rampant, noting that experts at Uganda National Roads Authority should find a lasting solution to the flooding.
According to Paul Eseru the Pakwach RDC, sanctioned their arrests after he discovered that project retention funds worth 16.3 million shillings were missing from the three sub-county accounts namely the General fund account, development account and UWA revenue sharing account.
Fred Kyagula, one of the victims of the recent floods says, UNRA has in the past promised to fix the problem following the 2019 incident but this has never happened. He is now imploring the government to consider deploying a ferry in the area so that traffic flow is not interrupted by future floods.
Paul Eseru , the Pakwach Resident District Commissioner (RDC) says over the past two days, the district has been receiving heavy down pour which madeRiver Tangi to burst its banks this morning. He told URN that they have temporarily suspended movement of vehicles from Pakwach to Nwoya and Vice Versa as they monitor the situation.
Pakwach Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Paul Eseru explains that, some of the alcoholic drinks that are not certified by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) have been suspected to contain certain intoxicants that are very lethal and harmful to humans.
Kaweesi wanted to rescue his son 12-year-old son only identified as Lucas who was overpowered by the strong waves of the river while swimming. The son was, however, saved by another swimmer on the site while the father was swept away by the waters.
Moses Otim, the Junction Pakwach Publicity Secretary, says that the first step of the campaign is being conducted within the different schools and will also provide free reusable sanitary pads to school girls.
According to police, the residents ganged up against the two during a clan meeting at Padei North Village after the LC1 chairman of Pajalo West village Oscar Olely alleged that his wife had been bewitched by the deceased.
The exercise which has commenced with Pakwach district that hosts the biggest number of the herdsmen in the sub-region will be rolled out to other districts that host the pastoralists.
Roads in the area that link the community to nearby Pakwach Health Centre IV have remained impassable following floods in September 2020, caused by the rise the lake Albert water level.
Preliminary reports show that the accident occurred around 12 Noon in Aluyi after the coaster lost control and overturned resulting from brake failure.
The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace Registration number UBG-674G commonly referred to as a drone swerved off the road and rammed into them.
The four together with the Officer in Charge of Traffic Innocent Mafabi were reportedly given a sum of 675 million Shillings to pay 162 Special Police Constables for manning the February 2021 general elections. But each Special Police Constable was paid 370,000 Shillings instead of 375,000 Shillings, which had been budgeted for.
Assistant Inspector of Police Samson Odongo, the OC of Dei Police Post was picked up on Sunday after some unknown persons broke in to the Police post and took away a Police motorcycle Registration Number UP 8313, a Fuel Tank and some exhibits like mattresses that had been kept in the office.
The health facility which receives patients from parts of Nwoya, Nebbi and the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC is operating on a single oxygen cylinder which is also shared by at least three patients in the ICU daily.
