Saidu noted that the lead farmers selected by fellow group members will first go through training on how to operate the tractors.
Posted inKotido News
Kogiligili villagers shun open defecation thanks to C&D
Open defecation is common among Karamojong people and efforts are now being made to teach them to embrace the use of latrines.
Posted inLango
Lango: “Only 78 out of 150 CSOs operational”
Peter Oceng, the Northern Regional Supervisor M-Omulimisa blames most of the CSOs for their projects’ design, policies and recruitment of workers while ignoring the locals who can better make the organisation remain lively even when its contract ends.
Posted inPolitics / Up Country News
Acholi-bur sub-county councilors close secy’s office over shs20m misuse
Acholi-bur sub-county LC3 chairperson said they closed the offices due to a lack of transparency from the technical wing on how public funds are being used.
Posted inPolitics / Up Country News
Acholi youth leaders blame govt on poverty alleviation programs
“Emyooga and Parish Development Model are just by names not helping the youths,” he claimed.
Posted inCulture / Lango
How Maj Rtd Awich Pollar Okwir became Awitong of Okarowok-bako clan
Maj. Awich said he will use the knowledge he has in leadership in developing his clan.
Posted inOyam News
Oyam district to auction used vehicles
Benson Walter Dila, LC5 chairperson of Oyam said he had directed the office of the Chief Administrative Officer to form a team of engineers to carry out an assessment.
Posted inUp Country News
Pigs are dying as suspected African Swine Fever, Nagana hit Otuke, Agago
In the last two weeks, he told TND News the district received reports that over 100 pigs have died.
Posted inSpecial Reports / Up Country News
Otuke RDC says district councilors ‘ignorant about values of wetlands’
Otuke is one of the districts in Lango where wetlands are abused, and trees, especially shea but trees are cut down for charcoal making.
Posted inAgriculture / Up Country News
Pader fish🐟 farmers reap big amidst challenges
John Tyan, Pader district fisheries officer (DFO), said there are currently 188 fish ponds in the district excluding the ones located along the road; others well stocked with fish fingerlings.
Posted inCrime / Up Country News
Lamwo: woman arrested months after defiling a-15-yo minor
Akello Catherine, 34, works as an information assistant to the above health unit. She was accused of defiling a minor on December 10, 2021. The minor is her neighbor.
Posted inAfrica / Environment / Jobs
Urgent climate action will accelerate job creation, PACJA advises governments
Mithika said Africa is already living the negative impacts of climate change and other forms of environmental degradation which have led to job losses