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13:42
13:42

Kaberamaido District Gets UGX 3bn Seed Schools OPM 1 3

Both schools will have several facilities such as classrooms, an administration block, science lab, multi-purpose hall, ICT and library, staff houses, and latrines for staff and students.
14:35
14:35

OPM Donates 955 Iron Sheets to Churches, Women’s Group in Kitgum Chua East County 1

The donation was delivered at the Kitgum District headquarters by Lillian Aber, the State Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Relief, and Refugees, who also serves as the Kitgum Woman Member of Parliament.
09:22
09:22

OPM Distributes Food Relief to Households in Zombo Zombo district 3 3

The families were affected by a devastating hailstorm which swept across two parishes of Serr and Pakadha in August 2024.
07:50
07:50

Bulambuli Mudslides: OPM Dispatches Team to Assess Damage 6

Triggered by heavy rains on Sunday, the mudslides buried several villages, including Kikuyu, Kifudu, Lukungu, Nambekye, Mapeera, Kikolo West, and Nakitembeti, leaving over 300 people homeless and cutting off several roads.
11:15
11:15

Landslides Displace Hundreds in Bulambuli OPM 2

The landslides were triggered by torrential rains which started pounding the district on Sunday through Monday morning. Some of the villages affected included Kifudu, Kikuyu, Nakitembeti, Nambekye, Lukungu, Kikolo West and Mapeera in Namisuni, Elgon North County.
09:54
09:54

UGX 4.5B Piped Water Project Excites Isingiro Residents OPM 4 1

The Ruteete – Kibeba Water Supply and Sanitation project in Bukanga County will serve over 10,000 people from 11 villages in Bukanga and Mbaare Sub Counties.
10:31
10:31

Japan Donates One Million Dollars of Food Aid to Karamoja Hunger 3

Catherine Ahimbisibwe, the Acting Commissioner for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees said WFP has so far transported up to 400 metric tonnes of food to the area.
18:01
18:01

Gov't's Plan to Re-settle Displaced People Around Lake Kyoga Yet to Kick off Kyedikyo Camp 1 3

In September last year, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja instructed Kayunga district local government to work closely with her office to conduct a valuation of the land hosting the affected households so as to purchase it.
14:49
14:49

Savers Protest Delayed Release of Parish Community Funds group 3 1

Some claim that most of their members are illiterate, yet all the money request forms are written in English, and they lack timely guidance from the project supervisors and so they hired local government employees to fill these forms for them at a fee of 50,000 Shillings per form.
09:26
09:26

Construction of Seven Police Posts in Karamoja Sub Region Underway OPM 1

Construction is underway at the selected sub counties, some at border points where there has been no police presence at all.
12:47
12:47

PM Nabbanja Pushes for Purchase of Land for IDP Resettlement Camp in Kayunga OPM 1 2

Residents were mainly displaced from Ntimba and Kawongo landing sites, as well as villages of Kampatanya and Kyendiko in Galiraya sub county where houses and gardens were submerged. They are currently camping at Bbaale sub county on land belonging to Harriet Namaganda.
08:10
08:10

Moroto Municipality Gets Food Assistance Amidst Hunger, Lock Down OPM 3 1

Anne Grace Aleper, a resident of Bazzar village in North Division has lauded local leaders for voicing community problems including food insecurity. She explains that this season is disastrous because sunshine destroyed their crops.
17:49
17:49

Gov't Delivers Relief Aid to Flood Victims in Napak OPM 2 1

Richard Sebandeke, the Napak Chief Administrative Officer, says that the items delivered to the district include, 100 bags of maize, 60 bags of beans, 500 mosquito nets, and 200 tarpaulins.
16:12
16:12

Drylands Integrated Project Stuck With Unclaimed Friesian Cows OPM 3

However, some farmers in Nabilatuk district have abused the project by selling off the animals in order to earn quick money. At least 18 Friesian cows have been sold off since April, according to a report by the monitoring team led by the Nabilatuk Resident District Commissioner Milton Odongo.
13:22
13:22

Oyam Residents Demand Compensation for Destroyed Crops OPM 5 1

For more than four years, the residents have been losing crops and fruits to animals especially elephants straying from the Murchison Park with their numbers increasing every year.
14:53
14:53

120 Houses Submerged Under Floods in Nwoya District. Food relief 1

According Patrick Okello Oryema, Nwoya district LCV chairperson, they have tasked the local leaders to document and carry out assessment of the level of destruction to be submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister.
13:18
13:18

400 Farmers in Kwania Receive Heifers under Restocking Program OPM 1 3

The heifers will benefit widows, widowers, the elderly, Person with Disabilities, orphans and the Ex-combatants from the Sub Counties are Aduku, Inomo, Chawente, Nambieso, Abongomola and Aduku Town Council.
15:10
15:10

Gov't Delivers Relief Food to Flood Victims in Nakapiripirt OPM 4

The floods affected 50 villages with an estimated population of 30, 000 people when Rivers Namalu, Amaler and Kocol-kokoi burst their banks causing devastating floods that submerged houses and swept away property.
14:49
14:49

OPM Sends Relief Supplies to Kasese Flood Victims IDPs 2 4

More than 120,000 people mainly from Karusandara sub-county and Bulembia-Kilembe Division were displaced and their crop gardens washed away when River Nyamwamba burst its banks on Thursday Morning. Additional havoc was caused by overflows from River Nyamughasana, Mubuku, and Lhubiriha.
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