Browsing by Author "Makumbi, Cissy"

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    7 held over elephant tusks
    (daily monitor, 2017-04-24) Makumbi, Cissy
    Lamwo. officials from the office of prime minister have expressed disappointment after residents withdrew land they offered for reset using refugees from south sudan.
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    Amuru hotsprings : a gem in the wilderness.
    (saturday monitor, 2017-09-09) Makumbi, Cissy; Adiiru, Josline
    The number of people that visit the springs. the springs are an informal tourism site that doesn't generate much income for Amuru.
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    Doctors' strike:
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-08) Ainebyoona, Emmanuel; Namagembe, Lilian; Kisekka, Christopher; Ssenkabirwa, Al-mahdi; Ssekandi, Paul; Muron, George; Mugerwa, Francis; Muhereza, Robert; Atuhaire, Scovia; Makumbi, Cissy
    As the doctors' strike enters its second day countrywide, one death has been registered at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital after the patient failed to get assistance upon arrival at the facility as a result of the industrial action.
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    Former LRA abductees cry for missing children.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-15) Makumbi, Cissy; Owich, James
    A 2009 raid by Uganda troops on a Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) camp in DR Congo sent the rebels fleeting into the jungle and separated Lilly Atong from her son, George Bush. To date, George Bush's where about remain unknown.
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    How South Sudanese refugees are coping with Uganda's curriculum.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-04) Owiny, Tobbias Jolly; Makumbi, Cissy
    Joram Deng 17, is one of the refugees at Palabek Ogiri Settlement Centre in Lamwo district. Deng was in senior one in south Sudan by the time war broke out forcing him and his family to flee to Uganda. He is among several others whose education has been interfered with.
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    Land mines, bombs disrupt farming in northern Uganda.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-13) Makumbi, Cissy; Owiny, Tobbias Jolly
    One morning in 2010, Esther Lakari, a resident of Panyul village in Agago sub county, Lamwo district st off to her to harvest food for her family. she had idea that tragedy awaited her.
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    Nurses replace doctors upcountry.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-09) Omollo, Joseph; Mukaaya, Olivier; Edema, Dennis; Makumbi, Cissy; Ssekandi, Paul; Kisekka, Christopher
    Nurses at various upcountry government health facilities yesterday worked overdrive to cover the curative care gap left by medical doctors who went on strike on Monday demanding higher pay. The nurses and midwives under their umbrella body,
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    Saving groups transform marriages in Northern Uganda districts.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-30) Makumbi, Cissy; Okello, Stephen
    Upon becoming a member, Ms Apiyo was taught the benefits of saving and how the group was helping other women to prosper in small enterprises. The first teaching touched me a lot, i was the only breadwinner, we were trained in skills that would improve our lives, "she recollects".
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    South Sudan conflict fuelling insecurity in Kitgum, Amuru
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-07) Owich, James; Makumbi, Cissy
    Security officials allege that the conflict in South Sudan is helping to arm criminal groups who smuggle illegal weapons into Uganda through the porous border points of Elegu in Amuru district and Ngomoromo, Aweno-Olwiyo and Waligo, all in Lamwo District. The criminal gangs later use the weapons to rob and kill residents in Acholi and Lango sub-regions.
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    Unexploited tourism potential at Aruu Falls.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-30) Makumbi, Cissy; Ayugi, Caroline; Adiru, Josline
    A flood cascades off a still set of rocks before repidly pouring into various enclaves in Agago District. This is Aruu Falls that flows through Agogo District into Lapaya village in pader district. The falls are located eight kilometres from Aruu trading centre marooned by a Aruu Falls campsite, a major stop point for tourrists.
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    Why treatment of mental illness in northern Uganda is falling.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-06) Ayugi, Caroline; Makumbi, Cissy
    When Robert Kidega of Panyikwara village, Bungatira sub-county in Gulu district broke down with bipolar disorder (a brain disorde that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks) in the year 2000, his family abandoned him to eating in garbage skips and sleeping in a dilapidated structure.