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BY WALTER KUMIRA GULU: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 27, 2021 The Ministry of Education and Sports has finally scheduled Thursday, 30th of September, 2021 for the long-awaited reopening of Gulu College of Health science. Gulu College of Health Science which is located along Gulu Kampala Highway in Pece Laroo division in Gulu City, …

BY JOHNISANI OCAKACON                                                  NWOYA: SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 Ker Kal Kwaro, the Acholi cultural institution, has received a donation of sh22m from the Austrian Development Agency to help the fight against teenage pregnancy and child marriages. Rt. Hon. Ambrose Oola, the Prime Minister of Ker Kal Kwaro, said the region …

Huawei Boosts Nwoya Districts Covid-19 Prevention Efforts With PPEs BY JOYCE ADOKORACH NWOYA: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 Huawei, a Chinese technology giant, has boosted the efforts of Nwoya district to fight Covid-19 with an assortment of personal protective equipment (PPEs) The donation included 600 litres of hand sanitizers, 600 litres …

BY WALTER KUMIRA GULU: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 24 2021 The hope and struggles of female journalists in Gulu to inform and hold office bearers accountable to the members of the society has been boosted after receiving training on safety and security and precautionary measures against corona virus while executing their journalistic …

BY JOHNISANI OCAKACON                   NWOYA: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 The Alero community in diaspora have donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth sh3m to aid in the fight against Covid-19 in five health centers in Nwoya District. The items that were donated to these health centers includes medical gloves, hand gloves for …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MARACHA: SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 The Ministry of Defence is inching closer to compensating the 21 survivors of the 1991 bombing by unidentified foreign war planes of the Ojapi primary school in Maracha district. The survivors in a petition to President Yoweri Museveni had asked for a sh10m …

BY IVAN TOLIT GULU: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 There is great concern among health experts in Acholi sub-region following the re-emergency of Leprosy diseases in the area. At least 26 new cases of severe leprosy have been registered in seven districts in Acholi sub-region. These include the districts of Gulu with …

BY IVAN TOLIT GULU: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 The Ministry of Health is in the process of acquiring Computerized Tomography (CT) scan machines for 14 regional referral hospitals in the country to boost health services. These are a diagnostic equipment that use X-ray and computer to produce images of soft …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU TEREGO: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 The department of surveys and Mapping at the ministry of lands, housing and urban development has completed the reaffirmation of the disputed border between the districts of Terego and Madi-Okollo. The exercise began with a sensitization meeting of the local community at …

BY ROMEO OKOT GULU: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 22, 2021 National drug authority (NDA) held an enforcement operations on drug outlets in Acholi sub region northern part of Uganda to ensure compliance to national drug policy and authority act and licensing guidelines. An operation held from 13th to 16th September 2021 in …