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In 2010, Bundibugyo district embarked on the construction of three classroom blocks in two schools and one laboratory at a cost of 500 million shillings. However, construction work stopped months later after Ntoroko was granted a district status and it split from Bundibugyo.

Residents say that the one and half acre of land provided by the town council authorities is too small to accommodate more than 50 graves.

Last year, Timothy Kyamanywa, Ntoroko LC V chairperson banned the singing of the Tooro Kingdom Anthem in schools in his district.

More than 400 people in Ntoroko were last displaced by floods and have sought refuge in Semuliki National Park.

Grace Kamya, one of the victims says that he was assaulted by three Chinese who accused him of disobeying their orders

The district has been experiencing heavy rains since Christmas Eve and have been falling since then

Two people are missing after being swept away by floods from River Semliki in Ntoroko district. The floods resulted from the heavy rains that have been experienced in the district for the last four days.

Police in Ntoroko district have named two Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers suspected to have shot dead a civilian on Saturday morning.

At least 300 farmers in Ntoroko district are stranded with their animals following floods from River Semuliki.

Increased cases of land wrangles and threats of evictions have been reported in the oil-rich areas of Ntoroko district. A Chinese company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation—CNOOC—is carrying out oil exploration activities in Kanywataba, Kanara Sub County in Ntoroko district.

Faced with an increase in population, there is scarcity of burial land in Ntoroko district. In Kanara Sub County 80% of the land is surrounded by the National Park and Lake Albert, leaving residents with no land where to bury their relatives.

Stigma against children living with HIV& Aids in Ntoroko district is forcing many of them to drop out of school.

More than 200 residents of Karugutu Sub County in Ntoroko district are involved in a land disputed with Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF.

Two men have been arrested after they were found in possession of 12 carcasses of Uganda Kobs in Ntoroko district.

More than 300 residents in Karugutu Sub County in Ntoroko district are demanding for compensation from the government after they were displaced by CICO, the Chinese company constructing the Fort Portal-Bundibugyo-Lamia road.

The Beach Management Unit-BMU in Ntoroko District has come under the sport light over its methods of work. The unit is being accused of illegally detaining and torturing suspects involved in illegal fishing.

Two Killed in Motor Accident

Eight people died and five others were seriously injured when the truck they were traveling in overturned at the Rwangara-Rwebisengo road, in Ntoroko district.