Daily Monitor
Thursday February 11 2021
People pass by uncollected garbage outside Lira Main market in Lira City on yesterday. PHOTO | BILL OKETCH.
Summary
Household waste has remained uncollected for several weeks in the area after most of the incumbent political leaders lost the just concluded general elections.
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Lira City dwellers have raised concern over poor waste management in the area.
Tonnes of garbage have continued to pile up on the streets of Lira City as leaders struggle to find a permanent solution.
Household waste has remained uncollected for several weeks in the area after most of the incumbent political leaders lost the just concluded general elections.
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 04 2021
Revellers play pool at a bar in Lira City in December last year. Police are accused of allowing some night clubs to operate despite government closure of the facilities to prevent spread of Covid-19. PHOTO | BILL OKETCH
Summary
According to a mini-survey conducted by this newspaper, some night clubs owned by big shots in Lira City are operating freely, in breach of rules established to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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Police in Lira District have come under the spotlight for selective enforcement of Covid-19 guidelines by allowing some night clubs to operate and blocking others.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 02 2021
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Survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) two-decade insurgency in Lango and Acholi sub-regions have expressed mixed reactions as they wait for the outcome of Thursday’s judgment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Dominic Ongwen, a former top commander in the rebel group .
Ongwen faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity that he allegedly committed in internally displaced camps in northern Uganda under the leadership of Joseph Kony.
Mr Patrick Abeja, the Abok Sub-county chairperson in Oyam District, says whether Ongwen is convicted or acquitted, the victims want compensation.
Daily Monitor
Monday January 18 2021
Summary
Daily Monitor has learnt that many factors played out in the background, leading to failure of the incumbents from retaining their seats.
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At least 10 incumbent Members of Parliament from Lango Sub-region lost their seats in last Thursday’s General Election.
Of these, four were National Resistance Movement (NRM) members, who were trounced during the party primaries and opted to run as independents; two were NRM official flag bearers, one belonged to the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party while one represented Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC).
Lango is made up of nine districts and one city.