By Mike Rwothomio
The Alur Cultural Festival has launched a landmark initiative to revive selected defunct water sources across Paidha Town Council and Paidha Sub-County in Zombo District.
The project, funded by proceeds from the recently concluded 11th edition of the festival held in Paidha Town Council, aims to improve reliable access to clean and safe water for local residents who have...
By Mike Rwothomio
The Alur Kingdom, which comprises 56 chiefdoms in Uganda’s West Nile sub-region and eight in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has called for the restoration of youth fireplace gatherings to help reduce teenage pregnancy among its subjects.
“Kaoi Pa Aradu,” loosely translated as “The Youth Fireplace,” is a traditional method used to...
By Mike Rwothomio
Under blazing sunshine that lit up the bustling commercial hub of Paidha in Zombo District, West Nile sub-region, the historic 11th annual Alur Cultural Festival took centre stage on Sunday, 30 August 2026.
This star-studded cultural spectacular served as the ultimate curtain-closer for revelers, entertainers, cultural dance troupes, comedians, journalists and thousands of...
By Mike Rwothomio
The revered Kingdom of Alur, headed by His Majesty Ubimu Phillip Rauni Olarker III, has successfully resolved a 20-year rift among the 13 sub-clans of Palei. The kingdom's leadership described the historic reconciliation as a powerful demonstration of cultural unity and ancestral continuity.
This after a delegation of thirteen Palei subclan heads from across the Alur Kingdom...
By Mike Rwothomio
The Alur Kingdom has undertaken the formalization of the Arikpa chiefdom leadership to streamline operations and ensure smooth administration,utilizing its indigenous traditional justice system.
This crucial intervention addresses a 40-year governance gap during which the chiefdom was managed by interim leaders, specifically the late acting chief Ferdinant Ocaki and his...
Mike Rwothomio
His Royal Majesty Ubimu Phillip Olarker Rauni III, King of the Alur Kingdom, has called on Alur people living outside the kingdom including those in Uganda’s Buganda and Bunyoro-Kitara regions as well as the diaspora in Europe and North America, to maintain strong ties with their ancestral homeland.
He stressed that this is essential to preserve cultural heritage,...
By Mike Rwothomio
The Alur Kingdom has intensified mobilization for the 19th Enthronement Anniversary of His Royal Majesty Ubimu Phillip Olarker Rauni III, scheduled for 19th May 2026 at Kaal Atyak Palace in Zombo District, West Nile.
The annual commemoration, observed every 19th of May since the Ubimu’s ascension to the throne in 2006, remains the most important event in the Ker Alur...
By Mike Rwothomio
Hundreds of Alur subjects, youth, elders, women, and men, gathered in jubilation to witness a long-awaited and pivotal moment in Alur history: the cultural reconciliation between the Okuru Chiefdom and Paidha-Omua Chiefdom on Friday, October 24, 2025.
Hundreds of Alur subjects gathered to be part of the historic reconciliation.
His Majesty Ubimu Phillip Rauni Ularker III...
By Mike Rwothomio
ZOMBO: His Majesty Ubimu Phillip Rauni Ularker III, the revered King of the Alur Kingdom, has called on the government to prioritize infrastructure development, including roads and schools, to uplift the lives of his subjects.
Speaking at his 19th enthronement anniversary on May 19, 2025, at Kal Atyak Winam in Zombo District, Ubimu emphasized the need for improved...