Posts By David Okema
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137CourtCourt-led outreach in LRA’s Kwoyelo case locations starts in Amuru district
Amuru (UG): The International Crime Division of the High Court has started moving to update the communities in Amuru district where former...
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167SportsDozen of Gulu Youth Soccer teams compete for the Christmas cup
Gulu, UG: A total of 24 football teams, comprising 12 male and 12 female clubs, are now battling it out with each...
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1.0KCourtBalaalo Eviction: DP loyalist Okello Onguti, 11 others granted bail in criminal trespass case
GULU, (UG): The Chief Magistrate of Gulu has today, November 28th, bailed out twelve (12) people grappling charges of criminal trespass and conspiracy...
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456NationalNwoya CAO applauds ACODE for brokering peace between Councillors and RDC
Nwoya, Uganda: The Chief Administrative Officer for Nwoya district has expressed gratitude to the team of Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment...
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3.1KCrimeBalaalo Eviction: Former MP Candidate, 9 others arrested for raiding cattle farm in Gulu
Gulu, (UG): The former Parliamentary candidate for Aswa County in the 2021 general elections, Patrick Okello Onguti alongside nine (9) other people...
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502NewsACODE retools Gulu district leaders to understand their roles and responsibilities
Gulu, (UG): The Uganda policy think tank, the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), has retooled the local government leaders of...
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511Latest NewsJournalists cautioned on professionalism, research and fact-checking
Lira City, (UG): The North Kyoga Regional Police Commander Commissioner of Police (CP) Deo Obura has cautioned journalists in the Lango Sub-region...
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704Latest NewsOMORO: Mother arrested over alleged murder of own child
Omoro, (UG): The police in Omoro district have arrested a 21-year-old mother over the death of her own 3-day-old baby. Apiyo Collin,...
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839NewsEnvironmental activists take part in 700km walk to save River Nile
Gulu City, (UG): A total of seven (7) environmental activists under their umbrella; the Walkers Association of Uganda (WAU) took part in...
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428NationalGulu City stakeholders trained on implementation of new Physical Development Plan
Gulu City, (UG): The Global Green Growth Institute has started training politicians, technocrats, private sector players, and civil society organisations in regional...
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1.3KBig StoryThe Green Gold of Acholi: Locals form cooperatives to conserve the “Wonder Shea Tree”
Northern Uganda: A long time ago, nut collectors from Northern Uganda searched the dark forests for a wonder tree which could satisfy...
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583NewsGulu City launches first green physical development plan in Uganda
Gulu, (UG): The Gulu City Council has officially launched its new Physical Development plan with emphasis on Greening Uganda’s Urbanisation and Industrialisation,...
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2.0KNationalAcholi Chief walks 90km in protest over gruesome killing of Apaa residents
Gulu, (UG): Members of Acholi Parliamentary Group, clan chiefs and hundreds of protestors this morning (Saturday 9th) joined the Paramount Chief Rwot...
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694FootballbetPawa, FUFA sign sh1.2bn partnership to bolster local talent
Kampala, (UG): In a move to boost the game of football in Uganda, betPawa has entered into a monumental partnership worth 1.18...
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627FeaturesGulu City bodybuilders using sport to curb crimes in northern Uganda
Gulu, Uganda: In a bid to professionalise the sport of bodybuilding in northern Uganda, a focused-group of young bodybuilders formed a club...
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482NationalMP Wokorach embarks on building churches to restore hope in Aswa communities
Gulu, (UG): The Member of Parliament for Aswa County in Gulu District, Hon Wokorach Simon Peter has embarked on building churches in...
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600NationalTayebwa urges Mao to keep his word in the DP-NRM pact
GULU, UGANDA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Democratic Party President General Mr Nobert Mao to follow...
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4.3KBig StoryEXCLUSIVE: Is Museveni’s Executive Order No. 3 a ‘Blanket Order’?
GULU, UGANDA: Authorities in Uganda’s government are now gripped in fear over a looming energy fuel catastrophe as President’s ban against charcoal...
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724NationalGulu taxpayers win prizes in URA’s ‘Mpa e-Receipt Yange’ campaign
It was all excitement in Gulu city, northern Uganda on Friday as taxpayers won prizes in the Uganda Revenue Authority mpa e-Receipts...
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736NationalNorthern Uganda Journalists tipped on fact-checking to debunk fake news
A total of 20 journalists from across Northern Uganda are undertaking two days of intensive theoretical and practical training on fact-checking to...
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734HealthUganda among 12 African countries to receive 18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine
Uganda has been listed among the twelve countries across different regions in Africa that are set to receive 18 million doses of...
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797NationalLukodi Massacre Monument relocated after landowner repossess property
The monument was built about 17 kilometres north of Gulu City Business Centre along Gulu-Patiko road.
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1.3KNewsWatoto breaks silence on alleged staff poisoning, demands independent postmortem
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Watoto Church has finally spoken out on the ‘alleged poisoning’ of a staff member at one of their Children’s Villages...
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2.3KBig StoryWatoto Church on the spot over alleged poisoning of staff at Children’s Village
The aggrieved family of the former Watoto Children's Village worker accuses the Christian organization of concealing the circumstance under which their relative...