By Robert Egwea As Uganda gears up for next year’s general elections corruption remains endemic in the country and this has prompted all leading politicians to include the fight against corruption it in their manifestos. Corruption is actually a serious crime that can undermine the social and economic development of society. Transparency International, a UK … Continue reading »
By Str8talk Chronicle political correspondant, Montreal, Canada, December 06, 2009 Love or loathe him, Robert Olet Egwea, the NRM parliamentary candidate for Kole County in Apac District, goes down the history books as the first Ugandan parliamentary candidate to hold a live Online Town Hall Meeting, not to shout campaign slogans or party mantra, but to … Continue reading »
Northern Ugandan journalists have launched an on-line newspaper called The Nile Times. The launch of this sister paper also marks the end of Lango Web as a source of news on Northern Uganda. Lango Web will gradually be transformed into a Lango portal. Lango Web, the on-line resource that had been the main [...]
Thousands of NRM party supporters across Lango region are today ecstatic following a decisive victory in the just concluded by-elections. They burst into raptures jubilation shortly after the electoral authorities declared most of their candidates winners, something that had never happened in Lango since 1986 when the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power. However, … Continue reading »
By Robert Egwea in London, February 8, 2009 In reaction to the determination of UPDF to capture LRA leader Joseph Kony alive, David Nyekorach Matsanga (pictured) contacted us a short while ago and refuted the claim that Kony is in DRC. “I have an official letter as the leader of the peace delegation from President … Continue reading »
By Ronald Odongo in Gulu, February 8, 2009 UPDF Commandos boarding a military chopper to hunt down LRA rebels The UPDF in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are upbeat to capture the elusive LRA rebel boss Joseph Kony and his top commanders alive. They have also maintained that they would continue with operation “Lightning … Continue reading »
Kampala, February 5, 2009 (Ultimate Media) The Minister of State in charge of Northern Uganda, David Wakikona has revealed that cabinet has approved 150 billion shillings for the implementation of the Peace, Recovery and Development plan (PRDP) for Northern Uganda. In a press statement today (February 5), Wakikona said the government is committed to the … Continue reading »
As the allied forces from Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan comb Garamba Forest where the barbaric LRA rebels have been hiding, our correspondent Ronald Odongo has posted pictures from the frontline which disprove claims by some Acholi Legislators that government troops bombed empty camps and killed only monkeys. Some of the pictures haven’t been … Continue reading »
By Ronald Odongo in Dungu, DRC, January 28, 2009 The feared LRA Deputy Chief Maj. Gen. Okot Odhiambo, who spearheaded massacre of innocent civilians in Barlonyo IDP camp in Lira in 2004 is reported to have abandoned Kony?s war with over 100 other fighters and handed himself over to allied troops in DRC. Military source … Continue reading »
Translated from Leb Lango (Rupiny, January 7, 2008) Although 2011 is still far away various politicians from Apac District are already warming up for the next general elections. Among them are Geoffrey Otim Malakwang (Apac sub-county), Geoffrey Obura, Robert Abak, Akaki Jovino, and Ogwang Benson Echonga of Uganda House – all eying the position of … Continue reading »
