Notably, between July and September 2020, the TB cases in the Lango sub-region stood at 98.8 percent, a figure that increased to 116.0 percent from October to December.
Currently, the City Health department has only 89 out of the required 175 staffs at both the health facilities, city and division health offices, equivalent to 51 percent which is against the national recommended minimum of at least 75 per cent.
Sr. Liberata Mandhawun, the Superior General explained that candidates who missed consecration this year will take the vows next year on condition that they have completed their studies.
Speaking at a special council meeting at Lira City Council hall, the deceased's elder son, George Obong described his father as “a man who lived a simple and ordinary life” and wondered why some members of the public are belittling his lifestyle.
Aweko, who has four children at the school, says that the trio ganged up against her on Monday when she went to report the school guard Samuel Omara for beating her P5 daughter, Brenda Aber.
According to the results released on Saturday, 857 pupils representing 15.7% failed the exams, 543 passed in first grade, 1,663 in second grade, 449 in third, 1,349 in fourth, and 626 in Div. X.
Several classrooms at the school are already condemned and are on the verge of collapsing, yet the others, which were constructed in recent years have been turned into offices for both teaching and non-teaching staff whose administration block was burnt during a students' strike in 2017.
Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, who was on an official tour in the Lango region on Monday noted that Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Hussein has not been actively involved in developing and uniting the Muslim community in Lango.
Initial reports indicate that Ricky Okello, who was deployed at the Bank of Baroda Lira branch was taking duty from his colleague David Jangole when his gun released bullets that shot two people along Oyam road.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police Spokesperson, says that the fans are allowed to drink before entering the stadium, adding that security will be deployed to ensure that people abide by the rules.
On March 20, there were clashes between students of Lira Town college and Lango College secondary school just hours after the official launch and first game of the tournament.
