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RDC receives urine-filled bottles as ‘package from OPM’  Thursday April 08 2021 Advertisement Police in Lira City, northern Uganda are hunting for suspected criminals who sent the Resident City Commissioner (RCC) 23 urine-filled bottles packaged and labeled as consignment from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The RCC, Mr Lawrence Egole said unidentified people sent the package in a card box on Tuesday at around 4pm.  “They claimed it was a consignment from OPM in Gulu City,” he said.  The package was, however, delivered to the RCC by Mr Santos Okwir Obote, the LCI chairman o...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 07 2021 Primary Seven candidates of Atopi Primary School in Apac Municipality wash their hands in front of their newly-constructed sanitation facility after returning to school on October 15, 2020. PHOTO/BILL OKETCH Summary The Lira District inspector of schools, Mr Patrick Olwit, attributes the low turnout to the mix-up in communicating the reopening of schools for the pupils. Advertisement Several government-aided primary schools in Lango Sub-region received few pupils as Primary Four and Primary Five classes reported to school yesterday. The pupils started a n...

Four Lira top officials interdicted over illegal sale of govt land Tuesday April 06 2021 While on interdiction they will be receiving half pay of their salary and they will not be allowed to frequent the offices. Besides they shall not leave the country without permission from the Chief Administrative Officer. PHOTO/COURTESY Advertisement Four top officials in Lira District have been interdicted over irregular sale of government land.    The officers allegedly sold the land on Plot 41 Church Road and the land at Ireda Estates to private developers without following the required procedures....

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 09 2021 Summary The police detectives, who are now being detained at Lira Central Police Station, claimed they were sent from police headquarters in Kampala to take three suspects to the CID headquarters.   Advertisement Police in Lira District are holding three of their own for allegedly conspiring with suspects to have them freed from prison illegally. The police detectives, who are now being detained at Lira Central Police Station, claimed they were sent from police headquarters in Kampala to take three suspects to the CID headquarters.   They were, however, i...

Daily Monitor Friday February 26 2021 Aler community members attend a meeting convened by the Lira District security committee at the disputed land on Monday. PHOTO/ PATRICK EBONG. Summary The disputed land measures about 1,500 acres. Advertisement Last week, the groups armed with spears and machetes attacked each other over the land.  The first group allegedly burnt down pine tree plantations belonging to a member of the second group prompting the security committee to convene a meeting to defuse the tension. During a security meeting on Monday, locals who have been farming on the disputed ...