So far, six out of nine districts making up the Karamoja sub region have had locusts. Throughout the day on Tuesday, the locusts were only seen in Kobebe Dam, Lotisan Sub County. The Kobebe swarm is said to have moved from Nakabaat, where the locusts first invaded on Sunday.
Only 66 youths registered at Kotido Youth Center for the ongoing countrywide police recruitment, according to the District Police Commander-DPC Apollo Kyangungu.
They appeared before Kotido Grade II magistrate, Paul Abunyala on Tuesday and denied charges. They were remanded until July 18th and 25th for the second group and the first group respectively.
On the same evening, Hilary Lopeyok, the assistant inspector of schools in Kaabong district survived narrowly, when the speeding Longiro river almost overpowered his car. Lopeyok, who was travelling to Kotido for an official duty with four others struggled for more than one hour before the rescue team helped them out. The river has cut off the road to Kaabong from Kotido for close to a month.
All the eight districts of Karamoja have boundary conflicts. Kotido and Abim have locked horns over Lokililing and Moru-Alokwangat Parishes while Kotido and Kaabong also have a disputed boundary at Lolelia in Kacheri Sub County. Napak district is at loggerheads with Katakwi, Abim and Moroto, some of which have culminated into violence.
Margaret Okuda, the district sports officer for Kotido says that since UN Agency for Children, UNICEF stopped funding sports activities seven years ago, the district has never participated in any national sports events.
Gloria Napeyok who is also a gospel singer was convicted by Grade II Magistrate, Paul Abunyala on Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to theft. She was jointly convicted with her boyfriend Hamis Lopeyok over the same offence.
Reports from Board of Governors Kotido Secondary School indicate that the school acquired a loan of Shillings 250 million from Post Bank Uganda Kotido Branch to procure the school bus
The Kotido District Police Commander, Apollo Kyangungu, says an angry mob descended on Lomongin and stoned him to death with stones and other sharp objects.
Peter Lojok Longolangiro, resident of Kotidany village in Kotido Sub County paraded five rats at the station he accused of destroying Shillings 396, 000 he had kept in a box.
