#Gulu district News

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Paicho mother arrested for beating up her 3-year old child over food

  A 34 year old woman has been arrested for assaulting her 3 year old daughter in Ajanyi village Pagik Parish in Paicho sub-county. The suspect, Anek Molly allegedly beat up her toddler, Me

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A South Sudanese national arrested in Gulu over murder

  Police in Gulu District are holding a 13-year-old girl on murder charges after she allegedly strangled a fellow pupil at Divine Care Nursery and Primary School. The suspect and her victim

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Gulu district offers land to host the UCDA regional office

  Gulu district has offered 2 acres of land to house the Uganda Coffee Development Authority’s Regional office. The land is part of 65 acres the government has acquired in BulKer vill

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Gulu CDO faces arrest over failure to refund PWD money

  Pido Stephen Kenyi, the community development officer attached to Bungatira sub-county in Gulu district is wanted after failing to refund a total of seven hundred thousand shillings he fraud

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Gulu district spends over Ugx240 million on water project - Says Hon. Too Otika Walter

  Gulu district has spent a total of about 242 million shillings in the 2022-2023 financial year in a move to provide clean water to its population. Honorable Too-Otika Walter the Chairpers

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Poor telecommunication network hinders revenue realisation in Gulu district

  Poor telecommunication network connectivity, coupled with the ongoing balaalo herdsmen eviction, ban on commercial charcoal businesses and ignorant Parish chiefs who do not know how to opera

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Four people arrested over embezzlement of UWEP fund in Gulu

  Police in Gulu district have today arrested four people from Paicho sub-county in Gulu district over alleged embezzlement of 10 million shilling which was allocated to Ajanyi kacel Watwero p

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NWSC anticipates acute water shortage to hit Gulu city in dry season

  National water and sewerage corporation Gulu branch is anticipating an acute water shortage to hit Gulu city during the dry season. Ivan Teka-kwo, the Northern region spokesperson for Nat

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Gulu district registered 1917 cases of Gender Based Violence in six months

  The Gulu district probation office has registered a total of 1,917 cases of Gender Based Violence in the past six months. The statistics  probation anticipates that it may increase towa

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Gov't moves to auction cattle impounded from balaalo herdsmen

  The government has issued a three-day ultimatum for non-compliant balaalo herdsmen to remove their cattle from Gulu and Amuru districts. The Minister for State for Northern Uganda, Grace

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Owoo sub-county executive members quits positions over poor leaderships

  Sharon Giramiya, the Vice Chairperson LCIII of Owoo sub-county and Rubangakene Stephen, the health and Education secretary of the sub-county have reportedly resigned their executive position

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Government auctions impounded charcoal in Northern Uganda

  Hundreds of people living in mid Northern Uganda, Lango and Acholi sub region are thronging at the National Forestry Authority regional office in Gulu city to purchase for themselves sacks o

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20-Year Old Man Of Coopil Village Murders His 11-Year-Old Step Sister After Defiling Her

  The Police in Aswa West Region and Gulu district have arrested a step brother on allegations of aggravated defiliment of murder of his step-sister, an 11 year old, pupil at Coopil Primary Sc

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Gov't Launches A Four Acre Model Farm In Acholi

  The State House Agricultural Unit has launched a four-acre model farm for Acholi subregion at the Acholi zonal presidential youth skilling center in Oding, Unyama subcounty, Gulu district.

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Chapati Vendor Stabs Customer To Death For Failing Pay For a Rolex Of Ugx1000 In Gulu District

  Police in Gulu are holding a chapati vendor accused of stabbing his customer to death in a heated disagreement over Shs1000. According to the police spokesperson Fred Enanga, the deceased

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Govt Bans Commercial Charcoal Trade, Timber Production In Gulu District

  The Ministry of Water and Environment has banned commercial charcoal trade and timber production in Gulu District to combat environmental degradation. In a January 11 letter, the State Mi

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Shock As Two Children Reportedly Killed In Gulu Bomb Blast

  At least two siblings were reportedly killed, while two others are critically injuried in a bomb blast in Bul Kur B village in Omel Sub County, Gulu District on Wednesday It is said that

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Justine Simpleman Releases Guluwa Song Ahead Of City Status. Listen Here

  Lakubukubu singer cum politician Justine Obol Simpleman has released yet again a brand new song titled Guluwa, meaning Our Gulu. The song was released just a few days for Gulu to become a

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Hon Gilbert Olanya Demands Gov't For The Removal Of Gulu District From Lockdown

  Kilak County member of parliament, Hon Gilbert Olanya on Wednesday morning demanded that government should immediately opens the lockdown on Gulu district within one or two days. Accordin

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Obol Simpleman & Mapenduzi Excited After Testing Negative To COVID-19

  Singer Justine Obol Simpleman and Gulu LC V chairman Ojara Martin Mapenduzi have both tested negative to Coronavirus' COVID-19 disease. The pair along with a few journalists were isol

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Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Discharges three COVID-19 Patients

  Gulu regional referral hospital has this afternoon discharged three COVID-19 patients. Gulu regional referral hospital director Doctar Elima was joined by Gulu LC V chairman Hon Ojara Martin Map

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