Commonly referred to by the locals as Atapara Hospital, Aber is determined to protect its patients through interpersonal relationships which is currently being wiped out by robotics and digital technologies.
William Komakech, the Kitgum Resident District Commissioner (RDC), says Opira met his death around 6 p.m. when he ran out of the hospital ward and started shouting while running towards the hospital staff quarters.
At Corner Kilak, 33 years ago on January 18th 1987, government forces, the then National Resistance Army soldiers [NRA] launched a retaliatory attack against fighters of Alice Auma Lakwena, the former leader of the Holy Spirit Movement.
While delivering his maiden speech as the Palwo clan chief after his coronation on Saturday at the Palwo royal palace in Pajule Town Council, Lugai says the region is blessed with vast land but less of it is being productively utilized.
Lugai was appointed by the Palwo royal council of elders in August last year after the death of his father George William Lugai who was also the first acholi deputy paramount chief.
In September, A & O Gene Limited Uganda supplied 160 oxen and 80 ox-ploughs to 20 groups under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund III (NUSAF3) project in Okidi and Pawel parishes, Attiak Sub County.
The results released on Friday shows a total of 221 pupils scored first grade out of 3,605 pupils who sat within the municipality and district level. This is slightly higher than the numbers district registered in 2018 when only 153 pupils scored first grade.
The construction of the two-storied building which is expected to cost approximately 4.5 billion shillings started with 600 million shillings from the transition fund which was given to the District to facilitate its operation.
The Philips Primary Diagnost model x-ray machine procured in 2016 by government serves thousands of vulnerable patients within and outside Kitgum district.
Charles Labalpiny, the in-charge of Agoro Health Center III on Wednesday said that the children were admitted in isolation unit at the facility last week with symptoms and signs of measles. He says their blood samples were taken on Friday last week to Uganda Virus Research Institute [UVRI] which turned positive.
Bezzy Omoya, the hospital senior administrator says that for close to a month now, the facility has been operating without some drugs for treating common diseases.
Alat Okumu, who participated in Oring’s rescue, says that he was shocked to hear someone making weird sound inside the house around 6:00 am. He says that he called other neighbors and they decided to break into Oringa`s door to find out what was happening.
It is alleged that the trio who are all members of the same family on Saturday night while armed with bows and arrows, pangas and spears attacked and injured Walter Okello a 32-year-old, Charles Okot, 56, Bosco Okot, 30, and Bicentina Adong, 65.
Initial reports indicated that Armed rustlers suspected to have crossed from Kotido district on Friday night raided kiloko itiyo village in Loperebong Sub County and Matakula village in Omiya Pacwa Sub-county and looted 11 animals from local farmers.
According to local leaders, the armed rustlers whose numbers were not established looted seven cattle from kiloko itiyo village in Loperebong Sub County and four others from Matakula village in Omiya Pacwa Sub-county.
James Okwany, the Amnesty Commission Regional Coordinator says that some 3,000 former LRA abductees from east Acholi and parts of Lango haven’t yet received their resettlement benefits.
The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech says the deceased had been admitted at the hospital on Monday suffering from mental illness.
The Kitgum Municipal Council Mayor Walter Livings Tooroma says the legislator offered land to accommodate a section of vendors opposing council resolution directing all vendors within the municipality be temporarily accommodated in Pandwong division.
Augustine Akera, a resident of Paibwoc West village in Lagwel Parish reportedly swindled the money which had been raised by clan members to support the education of children and acquisition of a land title to protect the clan land.
Orom Sub County Vice Chairperson Vincent Kilama says Okello had earlier been sighted at Orom trading centre on December 31, 2019, watching fireworks with his colleague to usher in the New Year. He, however, says Okello started claiming that he was being trailed by police before disappearing.
