Justice Duncan Gaswaga who attended the court proceeding online questioned the prison officials whether it’s a law or practice for them to produce a convict in court while wearing a prison uniform.
568 million shillings was disbursed to 84 women groups before the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 but only 186 million shillings has since been recovered, according to statistics from the district community services department.
Despite offering a variety of academic programs, the campus has struggled to attract students, with many choosing to study at the main campus in Gulu City instead.
Johnson Natuhwera, a Senior State Attorney who represented the Attorney General however told the court that the primary responsibility for compensating the victims lies with the convict who committed the crimes but not the government.
Former Gulu Ecclesiastical Province Archbishop Emeritus Dr John Baptist Odama observed that the deceased was an Icon of priests in the whole Catholic Church.
In 2021, more than 3,000 girls between the ages of 10-19 dropped out of school, impregnated and other were married off during the induced Covid-19 lockdown according to data obtained from Kwania Probation department. However, the statistics according to the leaders show that the problem has more than tripled than it was three years ago.
Col. Loti Dradria Osutre, the Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation for Arua City, said that Arua City is 401.8 square kilometers, of which about 393 square kilometers is rural and ideal for the cultivation of coffee.