Okello Owuna, Prime Minister of Acholi Cultural Institution [Ker-Kwaro Acholi] in his communication, said as a cultural institution they are trying to abandon events like funerals where a deceased was a victim of GBV.
Author: Okot Lil Romeo
Lil is TND News Correspondent based in Gulu City.
Posted inNews
UPDF medical team holds free medical camp at 4th Division
Dr. Ruva Joaw Bosco, a 4th Division medical officer confirmed that many UPDF soldiers in the barracks are battling with “many non-communicable diseases.
Posted inAcholi / Features
How factional boda-boda association is causing chaos in Gulu City
tndNews understands that one thing breeding leadership conflict is shs20m President Museveni is said to have pledged to each boda boda associations in Acholi Sub-region.
Posted inBusiness / Gulu News
Gulu City Council, URA tax collection ‘row’ continues
Stephen Omony is the manager of Lamogi Ber Bus terminal in Gulu City. He said in the previous years, they have been paying a tax of shs110,000 to the Council for resident buses and other buses outside Gulu.
Posted inNorthern News / Security
Did Acholi leaders outsmart Museveni over Balalo eviction?
Amid possible pressure, what continues to discomfort Acholi leaders is: the President only sees two things: indisciplined Balalo and the government properties
Posted inNews
What to know as Northern Uganda Cancer Institute starts partial operations
According to the 2020 record from Gulu Cancer Registry, more than 1, 320 people in the four districts of Gulu, Amuru, Omoro, and Nwoya were diagnosed with cancers.
Posted inGulu / News
Gulu: 12 traders sustain injuries in Tuesday crash
The DPC of Gulu West rushed to the scene and evacuated the victims to Lacor Hospital for medical attention.
Posted inEducation / Gulu
Inadequate housing forces government teachers to share dilapidated grass thatched huts
Gulu district has pledged total commitment to addressing education and housing challenges raised by the head teacher and PTA chairperson of the school.
Posted inEnvironment
Kwiyucwiny’s order as impounded bags of charcoal rot in Gulu
The impounded charcoals are valued at more than shs500m and tndNews understands that the NFA are getting closer to auctioning them.
Posted inAgriculture / Food
Besides contaminated foods, hazardous waste disposal poses a threat to water sources in Gulu
According to a research done by ESAFF Uganda in 2022-2023, about 600 million various food types consumed globally are unsafe.
Posted inGulu News
4th Div. Gulu: Soldiers’ wives miss PDM money
According to Gulu City Mayor, the affected wives will be considered in the second phase of the PDM implementation.
Posted inAgriculture / Food
Wetland farming poses a threat to food safety in Gulu City
Aggrey Atuhaire, a crops specialist says food crops in the wetlands are easily contaminated through the release of the agrochemicals which end up in plants or crops.