Dr. Paul Onzubo, the district health officer of Maracha says unreliable power has greatly affected the quality of health care and urged government to fast-track the grid extension to avoid more people losing their lives in hospitals due to power blackouts.
Bosco Abani, the manager of Moise fuel station located along Ediofe cathedral road says their daily sales have drastically fallen due to the presence of relatively cheap fuel being sold on the streets.
According to records at the Micro Finance Support Center, over 14 billion shillings was disbursed to Emyooga SACCOs in the sub-region as seed capital, but, only shillings 1. 54 billion shillings has so far been recovered by the SACCOS as of July this year.
Mercy Munduru, one of the lead petitioner, said they have so far collected more than 200 signatures from concerned citizens in region and their ultimate goal is to ensure connectivity to the national grid.
While issuing the directive in a meeting with Arua city leaders on July 22, 2022, the Minister noted that vendors should not pay the toilet fees because it is the responsibility of the council to provide the services to the people in the city.
Elias Opi, the LC I chairperson of Jacinto cell choose road maintenance as their project but they were surprised to learn that their project has been changed without their notice.
Ahmed Miria, the Secretary Arua Market Vendors Association said there was gross misconduct and corruption during their allocation of spaces in the new market.
Grace Namuli, a nurse at Ombidrodria Health Centre III in Ayivu Division says people are lacking information regarding the new draft physical development plan despite efforts by the city to display the plan.
The company closed its booking offices in Rhino Camp Road in Arua City, sending all the workers home. Gerald Angurini, a former Gaagaa ticketing officer, says that he now does any type of work to survive due to the high cost of leaving.
Sharon Tiko, a produce dealer in Lobida food market, says that they are yet to see the relevance of the facility ever since it was commissioned by the president.
Sam Wadri Nyakua, the Mayor of Arua City expressed disappointment over the criteria used by the city officials to select the 54 SACCOs that are supposed to benefit from the program.
The trio is accused of paying more than Shillings 10 million to fifteen staff that neither appears on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System- IPPS register nor had the necessary documentation on their personal files.
On Monday, the vendors wrote to Arua City Police Commander informing him about their planned demonstration on Tuesday. The vendors attempted to prevent officials from opening the market around 6 am.
Habib Govule, the chairperson of the Owino second-hand clothes and Lobida food markets has accused the City authorities of making a decision to demolish the market and evict the vendors without consulting them. Govule wonders why the city continues to collect market dues from them and yet they say the market is illegal.
The new physical development plan covers an area of 401.8 square kilometers, nearly more than 30 times bigger than the previous one which covered only 10.5 square kilometers.
Since there are 500 stalls in the central market that are unoccupied, the traders want the vendors to be resettled inside the market and occupy the empty spaces.
Sky Motors Limited opened an office in Manibe ward, Ayivu Division in Arua city early last month, after allegedly getting clearance from the division authorities to offer motorcycle and tricycle loan services. Stephen Droma , one of the affected boda boda riders says that he paid 1.36 million shillings for two motorcycles and the company promised to deliver them during the launch, which never happened.
Safi Alema Tiyo, the former chairperson of the Arua Boda boda association expressed dissatisfaction over delays by the current leadership to repair the truck, saying that it could hurt the association.
Samuel Ayoku, a vendor in the main market told URN in an interview that many of them have lost business since customers can not easily access their stalls. Ayoku, who deals in children’s clothes, says that they sometimes go without making any sales for several days.
