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Up to 957 cases were detected from May 1-16 compared to 663 cases which were reported from April 15-30

Daily Monitor Monday May 17 2021 Gulu Town on March 16, 2020. Departments in demand of staff include works, planning, trade commerce, industry and local economic development. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA Advertisement The term of Gulu District service commission expired in January. In the absence of the commission, the district has been unable to recruit personnel to fill up key positions in the district administration. Before dissolving last week, the council tasked Mr Okaka to allocate resources to ...

Gulu district sells off 30 plots of land to compensate dismissed staff May 17, 2021 Gulu district administrative building Gulu district has been forced to sell off at least 30 plots of its land to settle part of the compensation for parish chiefs whose contracts were terminated about 20 years ago. The district council passed a resolution in 2001 for the termination of contracts of parish chiefs who were working in the various sub-counties across th...

Daily Monitor Sunday May 16 2021 A 44-year-old Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu, the suspected child trafficker was arrested in Amuru District on Saturday. Photo | UPF Summary The arrest follows a video clip that has gone viral on social medial in which he openly admitted to a BBC reporter that he has been illegally trafficking children from Uganda overseas for over 20 years for 10,000 Pounds, an equivalent of Shs49 million. Advertisement Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-yea...

Govt set to fully repossess, capitalize National Housing May 11, 2021 Written by John Musinguzi Government has embarked on a process of fully repossessing National Housing and Construction Company, after which it will capit...

Ex-Ugandan rebel group leader gets 25 years in prison By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-07 16:56   Lords Resistance Army ex-commander Dominic Ongwen sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the Lords Resistance Arm...

Presiding judge Bertram Schmitt sentenced Ongwen to a total period of 25 years in prison. Ongwen and his men were responsible for attacks on refugee camps in northern Uganda. The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lords Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45 - whose nom de guerre was "White Ant" - was found guilty in February of 61 charges, i...

6 May 2021 By AFP 2 min 50Approximate reading time The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier who became a commander in the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen, 45 — whose nom de guerre was “White Ant” — was found guilty in February of 61 charges, including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led...

Only four produce storage facilities constructed by the United Nations under the World Food Programme remain functional in the district to date