Twenty town premises without toilets closed

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac
About 20 premises in Apac town have been closed due to lack of latrines. The town health inspector, Charles Apat,  on August 11 spearheaded the health crackdown with a team of Apac town council law enforcement officers.

Join politics, Apac women advised

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

The district criminal investigation officer Mathew Otuu has urged women to join politics and compete with men in a order to solve their problems constitutionally.

Two criminal cases acquitted in Apac

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

August 8, 2008: The Director of Public Prosecution (D.P.P) has acquitted two criminal cases in the on-going High court session in Apac district.

NUSAF has released more funds for Apac and Oyam

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

August 8, 2008: Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) has released over 696 million shillings to the youth groups under Apac and Oyam districts.

Apac wants more banks

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

The community of Owang Village in Apac district has appealed to government and other financial institution to open more banks in the district to help them fight poverty.

20 years behind bars for defiler of 10 year old girl

By Ronald Odongo
Apac

The high court in Apac has sentenced a 29 year old man to 20 years imprisonment for defiling a girl aged 10. Belmos Egoo, a resident of Opeta parish in Aboke Sub County, late last year had sexual intercourse with a girl who he had brought from a relative to live in his [...]

Apac NRM Party Chairperson asks for tarmac

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

The Apac NRM party Chairman Richard Ogwang Odyero has called on President Museveni to fulfill his pledge of putting tarmac on Masindi-Apac-Lira road this financial year.

Apac gets 17 motorcycles for community mobilisation

By Omara Geoffrey
Apac
THE Ministry of Local Government has given the district 17 motorcycles to assist in community mobilisation. The motorcycles were channeled through the Local Government Development Programme (LGDP).

Scientists unveil new pest-resistant cotton

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

Scientists have developed new cotton varieties to tame jassids, the notorious cotton pest which has been causing havoc in 35 cotton growing districts in Uganda.

Corruption is responsible for declining education standards

By Geoffrey Omara
Apac

The education ministry has attributed declining education standards to ‘fake’ schools. “It is the responsibility of local leaders to report schools that are operating in poor environment”, said Dr Charles Masaba, deputy director of education in Kampala district.