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By agencies in West Nile,
Anxiety, sorrow and fear of superstition have griped the management and the entire staff of Radio Pacis in Arua-Uganda following the mysterious death of the finance administrator Mr. Bayo Justo at Arua Regional Referral Hospital on the 30th of September after a short illness.
Shocking revelations
Shockingly, during the funeral service on Sunday 3rd October 2011, Dr. Atiku, a surgeon at Arua hospital revealed to thousands of mourners at the home of the deceased in Zambia cell, Arua Municipality that the late Justo died of dangerous toxic substance which destroyed his liver and pancrease within a short time.
“Though the late Justo had high blood sugar and pressure, these could have not killed him within such a short time, we found his liver was rotting at a fast speed, he must have taken in some dangerous substance” Dr. Atiku revealed, sparking fresh weeping among the mourners.
Blame game

By our correspondents in Arua, Kabale and agencies in Italy
Social communicators in all the dioceses in Uganda have pinned the management of radio Pacis based in West Nile, Arua Uganda for withholding and diverting millions of SIGNIS funds meant to upgrade their staff academia.

Vurra County voters regret loss of National Cake. posted on June 30, 2011 - 4:43pm

By Stephen Candia in Arua
Voters in Vurra County are now crying foul after realising that they voted ‘unwisely’ in the recently concluded parliamentary elections. Vurra’s position in the NRM government fell on a hard rock after the voters decided to choose a Member of Parliament on independent ticket.
Since the coming in to power of the NRM government in 1986, Vurra County has been on a soft platform because of choosing their leaders with the guidance of the elders, who hold the key to political ascendancy from the time of Hon. Dr. Erick Adriko (1996-2001) who served for five years and later left Hon. Andruale Awuzu (2001-2006) who worked for two terms and left the cue to Hon Simon Ejua (2006-2011), all in Ministerial positions.

By Ronald Batre and Stephen Candia
Arua
Former Arua district LC 5 chairman Andama Richard Ferua has been arrested and subsequently jailed for failing to pay 25 million shillings rent arrears that accumulated during his first term of office.
Ferua was arrested by court bailiffs last evening and taken to Arua government prison after he failed to pay his former land lord Mustafa Adirisi the former vice president of after staying in house located at Anyafio an upscale suburb of Arua town.
While appearing before Arua grade two magistrate’s court on orders of the chief magistrate, Ferua who looked helpless could neither deny nor accept the civil charge read against him as there was even no body to rescue him to pay the debt.
Because of the problem magistrate Alioni sent Ferua to Arua government prison to spent six months or pay the 25 million shllings if he wants to regain his freedom.

By Stephen Candia in Arua
The high court in Arua was today Friday 10th June filled with ululations after Justice Joseph Mulangira dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Mr. Angualia Laus Richard, challenging the election of Alex Onzima, the MP Maracha constituency and also minister of state for local government.
The high court chambers in Arua was fully packed as the high court judge read his judgment on the petition, analyzing the issues raised in Angualia’s petition and the responses to it by Mr. Onzima one after another. ‘I have read and analyzed the issues presented before this honorable court and I’m ready to proceed with my ruling” Mr. Mulangira said.

By Stephen Candia –Arua
Reconstruction of the power dam at Nyagak in the newly created Zombo district has resumed amid protest by some locals over compensation for their land.

By Stephen Candia –Arua
Reconstruction of the power dam at Nyagak in the newly created Zombo district has resumed amid protest by some locals over compensation for their land.
During a visit by officials from Arua district local government, Arua Municipal council, NRM office Arua, West Nile Rural electrification company ltd, 409 brigade commander and team, the Diso Arua, Wenreco, Zombo district to the site yesterday (Monday 18th April), it was found out at least 20 households are still demanding for compensation totaling to Fourty five million Uganda shillings.
The impromptu visit, which coincided with the monthly site meeting of Nyagak power project later generated a heated debate at Sky-Lux hotel in Paidha town between the West Nile leaders and officials from Electricity regulatory authority-ERA, Spencon Constructors, and Wenreco officials,

By Stephen Candia – Arua
Arua district persons living with HIV /AIDS (PHA’s) and civil society network (CSO’s) have demanded for an immediate action by the Government of Uganda to improve maternal and child services in the district to reduce on what they say is ‘an unacceptably high maternal deaths arising fro deliveries.
In a well attended advocacy get-together in remembrance of late Hon. Jennifer Anguko, a district woman councilor for Bileafe Sub County in Terego district, who died in Arua Regional referral Hospital during child birth, the over 200-members emphasized the historic constitutional court petition on maternal deaths and made a demand to end such deaths.
The late Anguko Jennifer died in Arua referral hospital in 2009 during labour while another pregnant woman also died in 2010 in Mityana hospitals during child birth.

By Stephen Candia in Arua
The Member of Parliament for Obongi County in Arua district Hon. Kapa Hassan Fungaroo has launched a fundraising drive to renovate the dilapidate houses of former Ugandan vice president in Iddi Amin’s government General Mustafa.
Mr. Fungaroo launched the drive in Arua town recently during a press briefing on the current political situation in Uganda while in Arua town. General Mustafa is currently on a sick bed in a rented house in Kampala.
The MP, recalling memories of his recent visit to the former president said some people in government want General Mustafa to first die and then remember him. “We shall not wait for his death first! As we continue to get useful history from him, let us mind about the state of his houses in Keri (Koboko district) and here in Arua” the legislator noted.

By Stephen Candia in Arua
The Arch Bishop of Gulu Arch Diocese Rt. Rev John Baptist Odama has cautioned government against attacking peaceful demonstrators. Odama made the remarks during the consecration and installation of the new Bishop of Nebbi Diocese Rt. Rev. Sanctus Wanok at Nebbi Catholic cathedral on Saturday 30th April 2011.