According to the audit report of the Auditor General for the Financial Year 2023/24, Kitgum Municipality scored only 30 percent in solid waste management in the implementation of the Uganda Municipal Support to Infrastructural Development Additional Financing (USMID-AF).
Dr. James Okello, the Head of Department Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) who is also the general secretary UMA Lango branch described Dr. Olila as a friend and mentor from whom they drew a lot of inspiration. Adding that his murder is a sign that medical practitioners are now valued.
The micro-scale irrigation is a government support to smallholder farmers in purchasing the irrigation equipment to enable them transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.
Elizabeth Pacuryema, mayor’s wife, said they are feeling the emotional and financial impact of the detention on their family. She appealed for forgiveness and reconciliation, urging those who oppose her husband to end the ongoing conflict and restore peace in the community.
In December 2024, the Kitgum District Council approved a plan by the District Executive Committee to identify approximately 1,000 acres of land within the district for resettlement.
Titus Komakech, Kitgum's surveillance focal point person, revealed that the patient was isolated at Kitgum General Hospital last week following a positive Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) result.
Dorcus Wakelo, the Senior Nursing Officer and Assistant District Health Officer (DHO) in charge of Maternal and Child Health at Aduku Health Center IV, said the mortuary can accommodate 8 to 12 corpses daily. However, she highlighted gaps in staffing at the facility and called for additional support.
Delivering his ruling, Justice George Okello upheld the taxed costs and explained that UGX 136,127,000 was awarded for other items, while an additional UGX 100,000,000 was approved for instruction fees. This brought the total taxed costs to UGX 236,127,000, which the AG was ordered to pay through M/s Bashasha & Co. Advocates.
