Daily Monitor
Friday April 30 2021
A pump attendant fuels a car at a fuel station in Kampala. It is estimated that there are more than 2,000 unlicensed fuel stations operating in the country PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA
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She said their teams are moving around the country to sensitise the public and they need about three months before the actual demolition of new petrol stations can start
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BILL OKETCH
The National Physical Planning Board (NPPB) has warned of countrywide demolition of new fuel stations in a move aimed at reducing the risk of fire outbreak in urban areas.
Ms Amanda Ngabirano, the NPPB chairperson, said all new fuel stations, which were constructed after the December 2020 directive, will be demolished.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 13 2021
At least 17 people were airlifted to Lira Hospital, Lira City, after they were injured in a fatal motor accident in Nebbi District on Sunday evening. PHOTOS/ BILL OKETCH
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Mr Chris Ongom, the Oyam District speaker, said transferring the patients to Lira hospital instead of Mulago would help in easy managing and monitoring of their condition.
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At least 17 people were airlifted to Lira Hospital, Lira City, after they were injured in a fatal motor accident in Nebbi District on Sunday evening.
The survivors of the nasty accident that claimed four lives landed at Lira airfield on Monday aboard a military chopper and were moved to Lira Regional Referral Hospital for treatment.
Sacked SPCs withhold uniforms over salary
Tuesday April 13 2021
Police officers block former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, and team as they were heading for a campaign meeting in Bushenyi on December 16, 2020. In January, government recruited special police constables to provide security during the election period. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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50,000 Recruits: Government recruited about 50,000 SPCs across the country to provide security during the election period.
The law enforcers say their March salary was not cleared.
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They claim that they were discharged from the police force without getting their payment for March.
In January, the government recruited about 50,000 special police constables across the country to provide security during the election period.
RDC receives urine-filled bottles as ‘package from OPM’
Thursday April 08 2021
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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 of Angwetangwet ‘A’ cell in Lira City East Division.
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
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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.
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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 new term after staying home for more than a year following the closure of schools due to the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country last year.