BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 Prof Christine Dranzoa, Muni University’s top ranked scientist and Vice chancellor has passed on. A natural and biological scientist, Dranzoa’s areas of specialty included biodiversity conservation, ecology, tourism, and gender and community development. At the time of her demise at about 3:30am last …
Read More »KITGUM GETS 51000 VACCINES FOR THIRD ROUND OF MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION
BY GLADYS KASLINE LAKAREBER KITGUM: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022 Kitgum district health department has received 51,602 doses of vaccines for the third round of Covid-19 mass vaccination campaign which is to kick off on June 21, 2022. But unlike the previous campaigns, the focus this time is on children age …
Read More »THE QUEST FOR QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN ACHOLI
BY OKELLO JESUS OJARA GULU: WEDNESDAY,Jun 15, 2022 When Knight Akwero, a resident of Patwol ward in Anaka town council, Nwoya district conceived her first baby in 2006, she hoped to deliver at a health facility under the care of a trained midwife. When labor pains hit her during the …
Read More »ARUA RDC EXHORTS EMYOOGA DEFAULTERS TO PAY
ARUA: MONDAY, JUNE 06, 2022 Acting Arua Resident district commissioner, Ham Ezama Muzamil, has exhorted defaulters of the Presidential Initiative on wealth and job creation known as Emyooga to pay back their loans and prepare progress reports. Muzamil who is also the regional coordinator of Emyooga for West Nile said …
Read More »GULU REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL GETS SUPPLIES WORTH SH288.4M FROM DANIDA
BY OKOT LIL ROMEO GULU: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 Gulu regional referral hospital has received a generator and washing machine worth sh288,406,841 to boost power supply to the hospital’s oxygen plant. The Government of Denmark through Danish international development Agency (DANIDA) channeled the funding through the ministry of health to …
Read More »HOW SECURITY BURST ARUA CON RACKET
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022 About two months ago, Babra Faith ALu, 20, a resident of Lira received a phone call from an unknown person who promised her a wonderful project of national empowerment. She was told that the project ran from Arua City has a start …
Read More »YUMBE SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT DESIGNER 3RD MOST PRODUCTIVE SCIENTIST IN UGANDA
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022 Dr Charles B Niwagaba, the designer of the sh580m sludge and waste water treatment plant in Yumbe district has ranked third among 500 most productive scientists in Uganda by the Alper-Doger Scientific Index. Dr Niwagaba, a Makerere University scientist is an …
Read More »GULU UNIVERSITY BEGINS GREEN CHARCOAL INNOVATION PROJECT FOR NORTHERN UGANDA
BY OKOT LIL ROMEO GULU: THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022 Gulu University has launched a green charcoal innovation project aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change in northern Uganda. Dr Collins Okello, a lecture in the Faculty of Agriculture disclosed that the project will train te communities to use agricultural …
Read More »EXPERT TALK: HOW TO KEEP FRUIT FLIES OFF YOUR MANGOES
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022 On a tall mango tree in his samba, Emmanuel Ajedra, an experienced fruit farmer and entrepreneur hangs a yellow tape. It is a sheet laced with sticky gum on both sides incorporating pheromone as an insect lure to trap the male fruit …
Read More »INVEST WITH PLAN, ANITE TELLS WEST NILE ENTREPRENEURS
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, MAY 09, 2022 The State minister for investment and privatization, Evelyn Anite has reached out to West Nile entrepreneurs, advising that they undertake planned investments. Anite said plan, the English verb for President Yoweri Museveni’s favorite Lugbara ward “Otitaa” was the center piece for success …
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