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Why Lira City was chosen to host World TB Day 2022

9 March 20229 March 20220

TB is still one of the killer diseases in Uganda and it contributes to around 83% of people living with tuberculosis worldwide.

Lira News

Lira City in ‘darkness’: 112 street lights break down

8 March 20228 March 20220

Lira city council has earmarked about shs 400 million to have all the broken solar lamps repaired.

Health / Lira News

Malaria: RCC of Lira launches Indoor Residual Spraying

3 March 20220

In December, malaria cases were estimated to have gone beyond 4,000 in Lira City.

Football News

Lira City Council FC buys Bata TC FC: big expectations

8 February 20220

Lira City Council FC president applauded the agreement. “It will shorten the period required for Lira City Council FC to play at the Uganda Premier League.

Crime & Investigations / Lira News

Crime & Security: Lira City ghetto squad blames killing, theft on ‘smart group in town’

18 January 202212 July 20220

Ghetto ecosystem in Lira City by the end of 2021 had 1,222 young boys (few men) and 130 girls (and a few somewhat aged).

Business / Interview / Lira News

Paska Aporo, 33, an enterprising social worker, maker of Big Ups Wine

3 January 20224 January 20220

Calling the wine venture a profitable one, by 2016, she had saved shs6m. The savings have trebled, she says.

Lira News

Lira city, where those in their 40s call themselves street kids

9 December 202117 August 20220

Some residents in the City complained that street children have taken the management of some streets.They claimed security officials are not performing their roles of protecting them.

Health / News

‘Lira-Lira’ tops in HIV/AIDS spread in Lango sub-region with 7.2%

4 December 20214 December 20210

Amalamferi Okao is the Awitong of Arak Obukori clan. He said youth needs to be empowered to keep them committed because the greater percentage of youth are HIV positive.