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.
Colonel Patrick Opira, Commander of the 505th Infantry Brigade, commended the quick response of the troops and issued a stern warning to cattle raiders. He urged the local community to report any suspected cattle thefts.
According to Alex Opira, the Kitgum District Principal Commercial Officer, the 16 SACCOs have met the required standards and have been given the green light to access the additional funding.
Alfred Omony, the Kitgum District Fisheries Officer and Production Officer attributed the shortage to the devastating effects of climate change, which have disrupted fish farming operations.
The patient was admitted on Sunday evening, and a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) has returned positive for cholera. However, the hospital is awaiting Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results sent to Entebbe for confirmation.
In his letter dated January 10th, 2025, Hajj Uthman Sebadduka, the Town Clerk Kitgum Municipal Council revealed that the council has observed that despite repeated warnings, some farmers continue to cultivate crops within the prohibited zone. The council has now set a deadline for these farmers to remove their crops and vacate the area to avoid any further action.
For years, Grace Achola, 48 years-old businesswoman in Omiya-Anyima village, Kitgum District did not think about her blood pressure. At 43 years, she was focused on her career and raising her children. It was not until on her normal business journey to Lira City when she was rushed to the hospital and screened for high blood pressure revealed consistently high blood pressure that she realized she was living with a condition known as “the silent killer” –hypertension.
According to Joe Oloya, the Aswa East Region Police Spokesperson, the suspect, Patrick Ocan, 25, allegedly attacked the victim following a misunderstanding over the debt. "It is alleged that the suspect and the deceased had a misunderstanding arising from the UGX 2,000 debt," stated Oloya.
Barnabas Opiyo, the Kitgum District Entomology Officer, shared that bee farmers in the district harvested an impressive 21,668 kilograms of honey during the 2023/2024 financial year.
Smith Opond, the Mucwini West Sub-county councilor to Kitgum District Council, revealed that the fire destroyed all of Oyella’s belongings, with household items worth millions of shillings being consumed by the flames.
Paul Onen, the GISO of Palabek Abera, Lamwo District, recounted being ambushed by unknown assailants at around 10:30 p.m. while returning from Yot Kom Medical Centre in Kitgum Municipality.
According to Peter Oyesigye, the Kitgum District Police Commander, the two along with two accomplices who are still at large, were arrested after allegedly misappropriating funds sent by MTN for a telecommunications mast located on Kitgum Matidi Town Council land.
The State Minister for Water and Environment, Beatrice Atim Anywar, emphasized that the government is committed to working with local communities to ensure the success of the initiative.
Joseph Okidi, the Kitgum Assistant Resident District Commissioner, officiated the program's launch and urged participants to take the training seriously. "I want to emphasize that there are laws prohibiting the misuse of phones and the internet. If you are caught misusing these tools, you will face prosecution," Okidi cautioned.
These boreholes will be distributed across six administrative units in the district, including Omiya Anyima, Lalano, Lagoro, Kitgum Matidi, Omiya Anyima West, and Kitgum Matidi Town Council. According to the Kitgum District Water Department, 114 villages in the district currently lack access to safe drinking water.
Geoffrey Okeny, the Assistant District Water Officer, acknowledged the residents' challenges and linked the water shortage to low water tables in some areas, which make drilling boreholes costly, and to the establishment of new villages.
The meeting, organized by the Justice and Peace departments of the Gulu Archdiocese and the Kotido Catholic Diocese, took place at the Orom sub-county trading center. It brought together reformed former rustlers from Kotido district, who had previously engaged in cattle raiding but have since renounced their violent ways.
The long-standing land dispute, currently under review by the Kitgum Magistrate Court, escalated into violence last week. Clan members clashed, leading to the burning of two huts, and a motorcycle, and the theft of four goats and four bags of simsim.
