Browsing by Author "Ebong, Patrick"

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    Body of Lira businessman recovered.
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-12-28) Ebong, Patrick
    Police in Lira District have recovered the body of a prominent businessman who was allegedly killed by his son last week. Police retrieved the body of the 48-year-old Alex Epet from a septic tank at his home at Obutuwelo, Ojwina Division in Lira Municipality on Christmas Eve (Saturday).
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    Farmer earns Shs800m from cassava.
    (Seeds of Gold, 2017-11-18) Ebong, Patrick
    Cassava growing has given Sam Opio a life he had never imagined. Today, the 64-year-old resident of Olelpek, Apac district, earns Shs800m annually from cassava growing alone. The father of 10 has been able to educate his children,
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    Farmers get ready cassava market.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-18) Ebong, Patrick
    Uganda Breweries Ltd (UBL) managing director, Mark Ocitti, while visiting commercial cassava farmers in Lango last week, assured the farmers of ready market. "In the past, cassava used to be in all the homes just like granaries to fight food insecurity,
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    Government bans selling of meat over disease outbreak
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-17) Ebong, Patrick
    ALEBTONG. The ministry of Agriculture has banned movement of all animals and sale of meat and other cattle products in two sub-counties of Alebtong District following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
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    Govt declares measles out breack in 26 districts.
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-11) Ebong, Patrick
    The Ministry of health has announced on outbreak of measles in 26 districts across the country. Health minister Jane Aceng named the most affected districts as Amuru in northern Uganda, and Kamuli, Mbale and Butebo in the east of the country.
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    MP demands mandatory HIV/Aids testing for men.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-16) Ebong, Patrick
    Government should come up with a policy that makes it compulsory for men to test for HIV/Aids, Kole Woman MP has said. Ms. Judith Aiyek, the parliamentary Committee on HIV/Aids chairperson, argued that the move is necessary because many men are responsible for the spread of the virus.
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    Otuke residents resort to herbs after malaria drugs shortage.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-20) Ebong, Patrick
    Residents of Otuke District have resorted to using herbal medicines to treat malaria following a shortage of malaria drugs in government health facilities.
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    Parent fights teacher for caning his daughter who failed math test.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-25) Ebong, Patrick
    A teacher of Amun Primary School in Apac District is nursing bruises inflicted on him by one of the parents who raided a p7 classroom where he was conducting mathematics test and beat him up.
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    Pregnant woman, children drown in River Aswa.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-03) Ebong, Patrick; Kolyangha, Mudangha
    A 37 year pregnant woman and her two daughters died on friday after their boat sank on River Aswa in northern Uganda.
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    Residents in water crisis.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-04) Ebong, Patrick
    Residents of Lira Municipality who rely on piped water supplied by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) are facing water scarcity after the generator used for pumping water at Kachung broke down on Monday afternoon. "Our generator at Kachung has broken down.
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    Students develop new mobile app to fight HIV.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-04-24) Oketch, Bill; Ebong, Patrick
    Students at Lira Town College Lira district have developed new mobile app that will enable HIV positive people to access retroviral drugs (ARVs) easily.
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    Three children suffocate to death.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-10) Ebong, Patrick
    Three children from the same family suffocated to death over the weekend. This was as a result of suspected smoke from a charcoal stove that was set alight inside the house where they were sleeping at the Railway Division in Lira District.