JOSEPH EIGU ONYANGO
KABERAMAIDO. 13/7/008. RADIO NEWS STORIES.
Four senior one students in Kaberamaido secondary school have dropped out of school due to pregnancy in this 2nd term.
These students are benefiting from Universal Secondary Education and governments is paying their fees.
Also over 10 girls in senior two have failed to turn up this term due to un clear circumstances.
This was disclosed by the school headmaster ,Tophil Ogwang Ilado while briefing the parents on challenges facing girl students at school.
Mr. Ilado gave the briefing on Friday during Parents Teachers Annual(PTA) general meeting.
The headmaster assured the parents that their children were mostly misbehaving at school.
He appealed to the parents to always help the students with necessary scholastic materials for school while advising them to encourage students to study.
Meanwhile the students also expressed challenges they are faced with as caused by their parents.
The students say they don’t have enough accommodation,they domestic problems, delay of paying school fees by the parents.
The students body recommend that visitation day be introduced at school among others.
Track students body.
END.
Reports about a ghost aero plane landing in Kaberamido district headquarters are false and baseless, leaders say.
The news story about a ghost aeroplane landing at Kaberamaido was ran by the Onions newspaper last week.
The paper reported that the skeletons of people came out of the aero plane and talked to one of the district secretaries asking for President Amin.
The paper also further said the guards who were on duty ran away on seeing strange people.
Its alleged that the secretary told them that Amin died but the skeletons kept asking to be directed where Amins grave could be before flying away.
The news about this strange story has since then caused some panic among the communities living in Kaberamaido.
The story has forced the officials from RDCs office to buy a copy of this paper to enable them establish a source of the information.
This comes after they reportedly received a number of phone calls from state house asking about the credibility of the story.
According to the paper it said this was the 2nd landing of the aeroplane since 1943 during the world war II.
Meanwhile, Kaberamaido district police commander, Amazia Bogere revealed that he rushed his OC CID to verify the information at the district immediately the news broke in town but nothing was got.
Bogere says the information is false and the public should not get alarmed.
He appealed to the publishers of the story to come over and get true information from them.
END.
Number of fishing nets have been arrested in Kaberamaido district following the on going operation of illegal fish nets.
The operation is being coordinated by the district fisheries department and is targeting the landing sites with the assistance from police.
In this regard, Kaberamaido district police commander, Amazia Bogere confirmed to Veritas Fm that at the moment some nets arrested have been kept in police.
Bogere says indiscriminate fishing is dangerous because it leads to catching of small fish.
He says this is not in line with the district fisheries department.
The police say they are going to burn these fishing very soon.
End.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
JOSEPH ONYANGO
KABERAMAIDO.13/7/08.
NUREP EXTENDS SUPPORT TO TESO DISTRICTS.
Northern Uganda Rehabiltation Programme (NUREP) has stepped up its effort to support districts in Teso and Karamoja regions.
Last week the programme coordinator issued number of cheques worth millions of shillings to the districts in Teso as support aimed at improving service delivery in their respective districts.
NUREP regional coordinator, Stephen Kluge in an exclusive interview told Veritas FM that the programme also aims at improving the living conditions of people staying in Internaly Displaced People (IDPs).
Kluge further revealed that the programme has three main pillars which deals with peace and conflict management, support of local governments and ASTU security personnel to curve out cattle rustling caused by Karamojongs to the People of Teso.
Speaking at Kaberamaido district headquarters last week, Kluge said that they have given the district authorities, laptop computer, printer and a cheque o f 10 Million shillings.
He said that the support will create better communication for the people of Kaberamaido and their field office in Moroto while money will enable the district repair spoilt vehicles so as to ease service delivery.
END.
RADIO NEWS STORY.
Kaberamaido Resident District Commissioner (RDC) John Eresu has willingly surrendered his office printer to Kaberamaido secondary school.
The offer is aimed at enabling the school have a chance of using the computer comfortably with printing services.
Eresu who was the guest of honor during the annual PTA meeting of Kaberamaido Secondary School got shocked to hear that the school just acquired the computer this term in time memorial.
Kaberamaido secondary school which is a government aided school recently purchased a computer and failed to use it due to lack of a printer.
This was announced by the headmaster, Tophil Ogwang Ilado while briefing the parents on achievements and challenges that the school is faced with.
Ilado proclaimed that now that they have a computer at school, all the school documents will be typed very clear for easy reading.
He further said that the school administration has been having problems of writing school documents and always depended on a type writer whose products were not clear.
The headmaster challenged the parents to support the school so that the academic standard of the school is raised up saying that this is computer stage.
Track. 033 Headmaster.
Kaberamaido secondary school has students population of 655 students both boys and girls against 25 teachers in total of which 17 are paid by government and rest are paid by the school management.
End.
KABERAMAIDO.13/7/08.
NUREP EXTENDS SUPPORT TO TESO DISTRICTS.
Northern Uganda Rehabiltation Programme (NUREP) has stepped up its effort to support districts in Teso and Karamoja regions.
Last week the programme coordinator issued number of cheques worth millions of shillings to the districts in Teso as support aimed at improving service delivery in their respective districts.
NUREP regional coordinator, Stephen Kluge in an exclusive interview told Veritas FM that the programme also aims at improving the living conditions of people staying in Internaly Displaced People (IDPs).
Kluge further revealed that the programme has three main pillars which deals with peace and conflict management, support of local governments and ASTU security personnel to curve out cattle rustling caused by Karamojongs to the People of Teso.
Speaking at Kaberamaido district headquarters last week, Kluge said that they have given the district authorities, laptop computer, printer and a cheque o f 10 Million shillings.
He said that the support will create better communication for the people of Kaberamaido and their field office in Moroto while money will enable the district repair spoilt vehicles so as to ease service delivery.
END.
RADIO NEWS STORY.
Kaberamaido Resident District Commissioner (RDC) John Eresu has willingly surrendered his office printer to Kaberamaido secondary school.
The offer is aimed at enabling the school have a chance of using the computer comfortably with printing services.
Eresu who was the guest of honor during the annual PTA meeting of Kaberamaido Secondary School got shocked to hear that the school just acquired the computer this term in time memorial.
Kaberamaido secondary school which is a government aided school recently purchased a computer and failed to use it due to lack of a printer.
This was announced by the headmaster, Tophil Ogwang Ilado while briefing the parents on achievements and challenges that the school is faced with.
Ilado proclaimed that now that they have a computer at school, all the school documents will be typed very clear for easy reading.
He further said that the school administration has been having problems of writing school documents and always depended on a type writer whose products were not clear.
The headmaster challenged the parents to support the school so that the academic standard of the school is raised up saying that this is computer stage.
Track. 033 Headmaster.
Kaberamaido secondary school has students population of 655 students both boys and girls against 25 teachers in total of which 17 are paid by government and rest are paid by the school management.
End.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
KABERAMAIDO LC5 CHAIRMAN WANTS KARIMOJONG CHILDREN REHABILITATED BY HUMANITARIAN NGOs.
JOSEPH ONYANGO.
4/7/2008
Kaberamaido district chairman, Robert Engulu has challenged organizations dealing in human rights activities to rehabilitate Karimojong children loitering in many parts of the country.
Engulu says Karimojong children are being abandoned in many towns especially Kampala with no body giving a helping hand.
He called on government to address the fate of the disadvantaged group of people living in the country while looking at human rights perspective.
He was speaking at Soroti Regional Human Rights Offices yesterday during the 9th annual human rights report review for 2006 /2007.
Engulu noted that these children are not attaining any formal education at all and they also need some medical care.
Many Karimojong youth have left Karamoja in fear of the consequences of the on going dis-armament program in the region.
In Teso, most Karimojong youth are now employed in restaurants, bars and as house maids.
The human rights 9th annual report review for 2006 / 2007 held at Soroti office attracted leaders of different categories including police commanders of Teso region, politicians and representatives of various NGOs in the region.
End.
4/7/2008
Kaberamaido district chairman, Robert Engulu has challenged organizations dealing in human rights activities to rehabilitate Karimojong children loitering in many parts of the country.
Engulu says Karimojong children are being abandoned in many towns especially Kampala with no body giving a helping hand.
He called on government to address the fate of the disadvantaged group of people living in the country while looking at human rights perspective.
He was speaking at Soroti Regional Human Rights Offices yesterday during the 9th annual human rights report review for 2006 /2007.
Engulu noted that these children are not attaining any formal education at all and they also need some medical care.
Many Karimojong youth have left Karamoja in fear of the consequences of the on going dis-armament program in the region.
In Teso, most Karimojong youth are now employed in restaurants, bars and as house maids.
The human rights 9th annual report review for 2006 / 2007 held at Soroti office attracted leaders of different categories including police commanders of Teso region, politicians and representatives of various NGOs in the region.
End.
SOROTI CHIEF MAGISTRATE DECRIES OF GOVT INTENTIONS TO PHASE OUT GRADE II MAGISTRATES.
BY JOSEPH ONYANGO.
16/6/2008.
Soroti Chief Magistrate, Charles Emuria has decried of government intentions to phase out Grade II magistrates.
The phase out of grade II magistrate’s country wide is in an on going professionalization in the judiciary.
Emuria says the move is going to affect the efficiency of the Judiciary the more in connection to hearing of the cases.
Emuria explained that much as government wants to remove these magistrates, he proclaimed that there is limited human resource in the Judiciary.
The chief magistrate was responding to queries raised by leaders of various districts recently during the 9th annual human rights review for 2006 and 2007 at Soroti regional human rights offices.
The leaders in the review meeting had demanded an explanation from the chief magistrate why cases were not being heard regularly.
They said this was a clear sign of human rights abuse on practice.
However, in a heated argument, the Chief Magistrate Soroti advised the public to always follow cases submitted to court.
Constitutionally people charged with non capital offences are remanded for 2 months and he or she is bailed out where as those with capital offences are bail able in 6 months period.
End.
16/6/2008.
Soroti Chief Magistrate, Charles Emuria has decried of government intentions to phase out Grade II magistrates.
The phase out of grade II magistrate’s country wide is in an on going professionalization in the judiciary.
Emuria says the move is going to affect the efficiency of the Judiciary the more in connection to hearing of the cases.
Emuria explained that much as government wants to remove these magistrates, he proclaimed that there is limited human resource in the Judiciary.
The chief magistrate was responding to queries raised by leaders of various districts recently during the 9th annual human rights review for 2006 and 2007 at Soroti regional human rights offices.
The leaders in the review meeting had demanded an explanation from the chief magistrate why cases were not being heard regularly.
They said this was a clear sign of human rights abuse on practice.
However, in a heated argument, the Chief Magistrate Soroti advised the public to always follow cases submitted to court.
Constitutionally people charged with non capital offences are remanded for 2 months and he or she is bailed out where as those with capital offences are bail able in 6 months period.
End.
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