Over 80 illegal fishing gears intercepted, 3 people arrested

By Ronald Odongo
Amolatar

August 12, 2008: Namasale Sub County security authority in Amolatar district has netted about 3 people for persistently using the illegal fishing gears and burnt more than 80 undersized nets over the weekend.

Abur-Kidi pupils pay 300 shs daily for maths lessons

By Ronald Odongo
Amolatar

Nearly one hundred parents of Abur-kidi Primary School in Awelo Sub County Amolatar district on Tuesday evening stormed the head teacher’s office demanding explanations as to why their children are paying shillings 300 daily to a mathematic teacher.
Abur-Kidi primary has been a community-owned school but the government took over this year and it [...]

100 Amolatar residents rounded up for illegal fishing

By Ronald Odongo
Amolatar
Following a week-long intensive operations conducted by Amolatar district authorities in Lakes Kwania and Kyoga about one hundred local residents have been arrested for fishing using illegal gears. Two hundred bad fishing gears were confiscated and burnt.

Amolatar District Chief drags Council and Attorney General to court

By Ronald Odongo & Omara Elem
Amolatar

Amolatar LC5 district chairperson, Alfred Adoli Ogwok (left)  has sued the office of the attorney general and the district council for blocking the appointment of his vice chairperson.

He claims the district councillors have for the last two solid years been rejecting the appointment of Thomson Ebong Epia as [...]

Life Water International donates water kits to Amolatar

By Lameck Angura
Amolatar

Bionsand filters worth 80 million shillings have been donated to Amolatar district in a bid to reduce water shortage.

Amolatar budget 2008/09 presented

By Fred Ogwang
Amolatar
Amolatar district presented its budget for the year 2008/09, worth 6.5 billion shilling, to the local council.

Grow more trees – Adoli

By Fred Ogwang
Amolatar
THE chairperson of Amolatar district, Alfred Adoli (left), has urged communities to plant more trees at their homes to avoid shortage of domestic fuel and building materials in future.