Browsing by Author "Ocungi, Julius"

Now showing 1 - 20 of 52
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Abalo earns cash from white sorghum
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ocungi, Julius
    White sorghum farming has brought good tidings to Jackie Abalo. Using the proceedings from sales, the single mother has managed to buy land and expand her farm.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Abalo earns cash from white sorghum.
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-01) Ocungi, Julius
    When Jackie Abalo's husband passed on in 2008, her world turned upside down since she lost the only bread winner in the family. The 30 years- old mother of two would later venture into vending second hand clothes to sustain the young family within Gulu Municipality.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Acholi chiefs stoned over sugar factory land saga.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-28) Ocungi, Julius
    Three cultural leaders in Amuru District yesterday survived being lynched by residents who turned rowdy and pelted them with stones over allegations that they endorsed the giveaway of 10,000 hectares of land to Madhvani Group of Companies for a sugar factory.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Brothers find gold in rearing sheep.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-16) Ocungi, Julius
    Sheep farming is not a common business in northern Uganda, perhaps due to the perception that it is not a profitable venture.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Commission probes ranch giveaway
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-13) Ocungi, Julius
    The Commission of Inquiry into land matters sitting in Gulu Town has kicked off investigations into controversies on the operation of Aswa Ranch which lies in the neighbouring Pader district.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Compensation to delay Karuma power project.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-08) Ocungi, Julius
    Difficulties in acquiring land for the Karuma interconnection project is likely to delay the commissioning of the 600MW hydropower plant, the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd chief executive officer, Mr. Harrison Mutikanga, has said.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Donor cuts funding for nodding syndrome centre.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-13) Ocungi, Julius
    Omoro district leaders have asked government to take over the Nodding Syndrome Care Facility in Odek Sub-county, citing financial constraints. The care centre has since 2012 been supported by Hope for Humans, a non-governmental organisation.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Double jeoparpard as nodding syndrome victims are raped.
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-07) Ocungi, Julius
    Lucky Aromarach, now 18, was diagnosed with nodding syndrome in 2012 and has since been battling the disease. But before she could recover fully, the mother of a four year old boy, is expecting another child whose father she does not know. The 14year-old girl started showing signs of improvement and resumed school but fell prey to a defiler.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Elegu floods stall trade with south sudan.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-27) Ocungi, Julius
    The flood that ravaged Elegu Trading centre in Atiak subcounty, Amura district has subsided but its toll has left businesses at the Uganda South Sudan border point paralysed.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Elephants attack residents.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-30) Ocungi, Julius
    According to the residents, more than five elephants also attacked and killed a bull, left another with serious injuries and destroyed more than four acres of beans and cassava plantations.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Few voters dampen LC poll mood.
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-25) Ocungi, Julius; Okot, John; Okello, Stephen; Omony, Denis; Komakech, Dan Michael; Edema, Denis
    Unlike the presidential and parliamentary elections where voters flocked polling stations as early as 6:30am despite late arrival of voting materials, yesterday's district chairperson's elections were the opposite, with miserable voter turnout across the electoral areas. Most polling stations in Acholi sub-region where Daily Monitor visited, presiding officers attested to receiving voting materials by 6:30am, but few people turned out to cast their vote.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Fewer incidents as Acholi celebrates Christmas - police.
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-28) Ocungi, Julius
    Police have recorded fewer incidents of crime within Acholi Sub-region thanks to the deployment of Uganda People's Defence Forces soldiers and police in major hotspots in the region. Aswa Regional Police spokesperson Jimmy Okema told Daily Monitor on Monday that Acholi Sub-region was largely peaceful during the Christmas festivities with only a few minor incidents registered.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Fight over land delays Gulu expansion plan.
    (daily monitor, 2017-06-28) Ocungi, Julius
    The disagreement between landowner and Gulu University management has hindered the expansion plan of the University main campus in Laroo Division, Gulu Municipality.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Five nodding disease children drown in Omoro.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-15) Ocungi, Julius
    Five children who were suffering from nodding disease syndrome have drowned in Omoro district on separate occasions this year, local leaders have reported. The children of 14 to 15 years reportedly died in January and June in the villages of Barolam,
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    France giving Ugandan farmers a future
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-14) Ocungi, Julius
    After dropping out of school in Senior Four at Pabbo Senior Secondary School, Amuru District due to lack of school fees, Patrick Otim thought that his future had died
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Govt urged to act faster on ranch boundary.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-06) Ocungi, Julius
    Land probe commissioners have asked government to speed up the boundary disputes and save it from encroachment. This comes barely a month after the commission headed by Justice Catherinr Bamugereire launched inquiries into controversies surrounding operation of the State- owned ranch.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gulu dairy farmer pockets Shs2.3m per week.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-12-30) Ocungi, Julius
    A few year ago when Dr. Tonny Kidega ventured into livestock farming, his ambition was to reap big from selling raw milk. The 37-years-old dairy veterinarian would later start a farm on a 35acres place of land in Unyama Sub-county,
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gulu gears up for cultural festival.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-13) Ocungi, Julius
    Residents of Acholi sub-region are preparing for the first grand Acholi cultural festival in Gulu district. Thousands of people from different walks of live are expected to attend the events starting tomorrow until Saturday in Gulu Municipality.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gulu hit by anti-malaria drugs shortage.
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-29) Ocungi, Julius; Owich, James
    An acute shortage of malaria drugs has hit Gulu District following an increase in cases of malaria reported according to records from the district health department. Currently, the district is registering 17,000 cases of malaria every week, 10 times higher than in April last year when the epidemic first hit the district killing more than 72 people, mostly children and expectant mothers.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gulu hospital struggling to accomodate staff.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-01) Ocungi, Julius
    Gulu regional referral hospital is currently struggling to provide accommodation to its staff, daily monitor has learnt.