Bill Oketch

Lira

Correspondent at Daily Monitor

Correspondent @Daily Monitor

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Otoa was a committed patriot, says Museveni

3 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:Col (Rtd) Tony Otoa, who played a key role in supplying weapons to President Milton Obote’s forces during the fight against Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army rebels, died on April 28, at the age of 85 Col (Rtd) Tony Otoa was a peace-loving person, a man whose integrity, faithfulness, and ability to serve selflessly and impacted those around him positively, mourners have said.
Over 500 people deployed to conduct aquaculture census

4 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:The exercise aims to address the significant data gap in the aquaculture sector, which has been hindering informed decision-making and policy development. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is set to conduct the country's first-ever aquaculture census, deploying 284 enumerators and 272 district supervisors to collect data from May 12, 2025.
Museveni, Lango pay tribute as Col Otoa is laid to rest

6 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:His final journey began on Wednesday, May 7, with an emotional sendoff at his ancestral home in Bar Oganda Village, Agweng Sub-county, Lira District President Museveni and the people of Lango have mourned the passing of Col (Rtd) Tony Otoa, a respected elder, former soldier, and loyalist to the late President Milton Obote. His final journey began on Wednesday, May 7, with an emotional sendoff at his ancestral home in Bar Oganda Village, Agweng Sub-county, Lira District.
How widow, 63, reclaimed land grabbed by son

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:In 1996, Ayo’s husband, Yeko Okori, died in a landmine believed to have been planted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels on a community access road leading to Malaba Market, at the Oyam-Pader border. Ayo’s plight mirrors that of hundreds of widows in Lango Sub-region who have been stripped of their land and livelihoods by close relatives and opportunistic land grabbers.
Amongi to Lango: Odongo Okune is the only recognised Won Nyaci

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Ms Betty Amongi Akena, has maintained that Eng Dr Michael Moses Odongo Okune is the only recognised Paramount Chief or Won Nyaci of Lango. The recent High Court ruling, however, nullified the March 1, 2024, election of the former executive director of Uganda Road Fund (URF) as Won Nyaci.
Museveni approves vehicles, fuel allowances for paramount chiefs across Uganda

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:Sebei cultural leader Mr Kissa, while affirming his community’s support for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), made a renewed appeal for formal recognition. The government has announced that all officially recognized cultural leaders across Uganda will soon receive brand new official vehicles and fuel allowances to support their duties, ahead of the 2026 general elections.
Unidentified woman found dead in Lira guest house

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:The unidentified woman was found dead in Room 03 of Providence Guest House, located in Campswahili Cell, Lira City East Division A woman believed to be between 45 and 50 years old was found dead on Wednesday morning inside a budget guest house in Lira City, sparking a police investigation into a suspected murder. The unidentified woman was found dead in Room 03 of Providence Guest House, located in Campswahili Cell, Lira City East Division.
Over 1,000 residents in Uganda’s lost village at risk of extreme hunger

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know: In January, a joint team of soldiers and police evicted more than 400 local people who had been occupying part of the 64 square kilometre Maruzi ranch in Apac District. The most affected were actually residents of Acam-cabu Village. Acam-cabu Village is no longer a recognised administrative unit in northern Uganda’s Apac District after it was erased from the map of Uganda following a land dispute.
Col Otoa, Obote loyalist and UNLA war logistician dies at 85

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

What you need to know:Born in 1940, Col Otoa served as a UNLA logistician in charge of the arsenal, responsible for managing the army’s weapons and ammunition. Col (Rtd) Tony Otoa, a former Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) officer who played a key role in supplying weapons to President Milton Obote’s forces during the fight against Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army (NRA) rebels, has died at the age of 85.
Babies dying, patients lost: The broken state of Lira Regional Referral Hospital

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Bill Oketch

Lira City has only 87 healthcare staff serving in seven government health facilities. The regional referral hospital, which can best be described as being in a critical condition, falls under the city. As with much of the healthcare infrastructure in the country, the hospital is grappling with dilapidated buildings and a staff shortage which make it hard to deliver services to the people, as Bill Oketch reports.