By Mike Rwothomio  The Muslim leadership under the Zombo Muslim District has commissioned the newly constructed Ebrahim Mosque in Solia Cell, Paidha Town Council, along Ubimu Road.  The facility aims to bring a place of worship closer to the local faithful. The mosque, built with support from the Saliheen Foundation UK and the Muslim community in greater Nebbi and beyond between 2025 and this year, features the traditional Islamic colours of green and white. Green is widely regarded...

By Zoomer Africa Jesse Okweda, a well-known businessman from Paidha Town Council in Zombo District, has died. Okweda, the proprietor and director of Paidha Model Nursery and Primary School, passed away at Mulago Hospital. A close family member confirmed the death, stating: “Oh yes, we lost Muzee Jesse this morning in Mulago Hospital.” In a statement released by the school, the Board of Governors, management, staff, pupils and the entire fraternity expressed profound shock and...

By Mike Rwothomio Zombo District leadership has formally appealed to the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance to resolve critical technical failures affecting approximately 50 percent of Parish Development Model (PDM) tablets. The disruptions are constraining operational efficiency across half of the district’s 61 parishes. According to the Zombo District Production Department, 31 of the 61 issued tablets are currently inoperative. These devices support core digital processes...

By Mike Rwothomio ESAFF Uganda hosted the Agroecology Introductory Workshop for the sixth cohort of its Agroecology School for Journalists and Communicators in Kampala, bringing together media professionals and communicators from distinguished media houses across Uganda, to deepen their understanding of the complex systems that shape how food is produced, processed, marketed and consumed.  The  4 September, 2026  workshop held at Essella Country Hotel  marked the...

By Mike Rwothomio  A woman and her husband were killed by lightning during a heavy downpour in Oguta Village, Mundhel Parish, Nyapea Sub-County, Zombo District, in the early hours of Thursday 10, September, 2026. The deceased woman was identified as Adoku, while her husband was identified as Arua. Eliot Odongo, the area councillor for Mundhel Parish, confirmed the incident, saying the woman’s relatives from Aringu in Atyak Sub-County had collected her body, while the man’s...

By Mike Rwothomio  A one -year-and-three-month-old sick baby girl died alone in a house after her mother left her unattended to attend a disco night, local leaders confirmed. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at Alisi Thungu Cell, Dwonga Ward, Paidha Town Council, Zombo District.  The child’s mother has been identified as 32-year-old Consulate Awacango, who was living with her grandmother at the time. The baby was discovered lifeless...

By Mike Rwothomio  Police in Arua City have arrested seven suspects in connection with the robbery of 69 million Uganda shillings from an Indian national. The suspects, currently detained at Arua City Central Police Station, were identified as Kapere Saidi, the LC1 Chairperson of Adriko Cell in Arua City Central Division; Muzaidi Amba Zaza; Muhammad Ali; Igga Rashid; Farouk Juma; Kamil Ramathan; and Agu Ashraf. Other suspects remain at large. According to West Nile Regional Police...

By Mike Rwothomio A motorcyclist was fatally struck by a truck registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday evening along the Pakadha–Padea Road in Zombo District. Albert Onega, a resident of Zombo Town Council who traded in mobile chicken hawking using his motorcycle, died in the crash that occurred at about 7:20 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2026, at Jupaloza village in Serr Parish, Abanga Sub-county. Onega was travelling from Padea Town Council towards Paidha Town...

By Zoomer Africa Ugandan entrepreneur and Arua City native Benard Feni, popularly known as Mungu Feni, has been named CEO/Entrepreneur of the Year at the Ghana Merit Awards 2026. His faith-based, Arua-based non-profit, the Mungu Feni Foundation, took home Best NGO/Foundation of the Year at the same ceremony. The double honour recognises Feni’s work building scalable enterprises while driving social impact across West Nile and beyond. Through Euro Gold Refinery, Uganda’s first...

By Brenda Acen  Sixteen educationists in Zombo District have been implicated in allegations of abuse of office and corruption-related practices involving deviations from the proper Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) registration process for private schools without centre numbers. In a resolution meeting held at the district headquarters on Wednesday, key education stakeholders and security authorities held a dialogue with head teachers of private and government schools over reported...

By Mike Rwothomio Life Concern (LICO), a non-governmental organization, has launched the Stand for Climate Justice (SCJ-11) project in Zombo District, a two-year climate resilience and environmental conservation initiative targeting wetland protection, water-source conservation and indigenous seed preservation. The project, running from May 2026 to May 2028, will be implemented in Nyapea Sub-county and Paidha Town Council at a cost of Shs70 million. LICO Executive Director Kakura Emmy...

By Mike Rwothomio A team from the Uganda Red Cross Society Zombo Link, under the Nebbi Branch, in partnership with the Alur Kingdom, participated in the National Cleaning Day exercise on Saturday, August 29, 2026. The initiative seeks to improve public health and environmental cleanliness while encouraging citizens to take responsibility for the cleanliness of their communities.  The national theme for the programme is “A Clean Uganda is Everybody’s Responsibility.”...