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The natives are credited for being hardworking and ambitious, traits that have seen many get rewarded by the NRM government

Some drivers have gone days without having a meal due to absence of roadside food vendors or fear of vandalism

Daily Monitor Wednesday August 04 2021 One of the bridges that was washed away in Kalait Sub-county, Tororo District last month. PHOTO/joseph omollo Summary While some residents attribute the issue to shoddy work, leaders say last month’s heavy rain destroyed the bridges. Advertisement Local leaders in Tororo District have appealed to the State House Anti- Corruption Unit to investigate circumstances under which seven newly constructed bridges in various sub-counties have collapsed before  b...

Daily Monitor Wednesday May 19 2021 Mr Samuel Oburu (left), the Kurobudi Primary School head teacher, shows journalists one of the grass-thatched houses that parents constructed for staff of the school on Monday. PHOTO | JOSEPH OMOLLO Advertisement Residents of Mulanda Sub-county in Tororo District have embarked on constructing grass-thatched houses for teachers’ accommodation at various government-aided primary schools in a bid to limit absenteeism. The residents say lack of staff accommodat...

Daily Monitor Sunday April 11 2021 Summary Uganda had been liberated – the last liberation. At the time, Gaddafi’s Libya was considered the most powerful militarily on the continent (outside apartheid South Africa) and the loud Amin, considered himself the second most powerful.   Advertisement On April 11, 1979, a combined force of Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) and Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), in an operation that shook the African continent at the time, saw the offi...

Shs50b Tororo, Mbale road works start Sunday April 04 2021 Part of Tororo-Nagongera road that the President has severally promised to tarmack. Rehabilitation of roads worth Shs19.7b in Tororo Municipality has kicked off. PHOTO | JOSEPH OMOLLO Summary  The USMID project coordinator, Mr Isaac Mutenyo, while handing over road construction sites to the contractor, Dott Services Construction Company, on Wednesday, said they expect the works to be completed within 15 months. Advertisement The rehab...