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The member of Parliament for Aruu county in Pader district   Hon Odonga Samuel Otoo is now on spot after assaulting a Gulu based Journalist identified as Ojok Geoffrey Okot working with Choice Fm in Gulu  on Sunday during the Fufa Drum tournament between Acholi and West Nile Province on 16th June 2019 According to the report Odonga who claims to be doing crowd management on the touch line where the journalists were seated covering the game  , then all of a sudden he pushed toward one journalist (Okot Geoffrey Okot) and sparks punching him three serious punches on his neck under unclear reason . While the journalist was trying to identity himself saying he is a journalist while holding up his Press identity card  but Odonga could not calm down and bitterly with ruddy and arrogant emotion replying that I don't care  " A fake Journalist from a Fake media House , how much have you invested in this tournament " Said Odonga  O...

At least five new blocks have been put for the second licencing round in the Albertine Graben  This announcement was made during the 9th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in Mombasa _Kenya last recently by the energy and mineral development Minister Engineer Irene Muloni  The Minister said they were expecting many potential exploration companies for the blocks given since the current price of crude oil was high and very attractive for investment , adding that the cost of finding oil in Uganda has been very low of less than a dollar per barrel as compared to world average of two dollars per barrel " I am very pleased to announce that my five new brides are ready ,they are very attractive and easy to find ,invite investors to come and take them up " said Muloni  She also noted that the investment climate in Uganda was very conducive for investment singing out peace and security , infrastructural development , tax incentives and goo...

The deadly but little understood crop pest, poses a threat to food security and livelihood of thousand households as it ravages maize crops in Kitgum district. A preliminary calculation estimates it has affected nearly 170,000 hectares (ha) of maize crops. There have been reports of the attack of the worm from Sub-counties of Palabek, papa, Lacani, Kica ber and Paddy. Maize is the third most important cereal crop in Kigtum district after Simsim and cassava. It accounts for 9% of the total food grains production in the district. By the time infestation was detected, it had already become malignant/deadly. Susan Aber, a former of Chakwa village in Lacani Sub-county took up maize cultivation for the first time this year. She dug a bore well and was convinced that the return from maize would be better they any other crops. But hardly had the seeds snouted, she saw some worms slowly colonizing his farm. “I detected them one morning there was no traces of them the previous day. I think ...

The workers of Gulu regional referral hospital yesterday afternoon moved out and left the patients alone at the hospital clinic in protest against the bad smell coming from the mortuary. The workers who were very angry said they cannot continue working in that condition threatening to close the clinic and send patients back home. They claimed that the four unclaimed bodies which was brought by police took two week now in the mortuary and no one has come to claim it since last week and they are leaving them in suspense Dr Apiyo Paska said the hospital informed municipal authority two ago about the four unclaimed bodies but nothing is done to date.   adding  that she  called Gulu municipal health inspector but did not respond well to them. and  the hospital cannot keep dead bodies at the mortuary because their freeze is spoiled for three week now and they are working hard to fix it back soon. However when contacted the principle municipal health inspecto...