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  New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yumbe told The LRF News in an interview that the review of the Prisons Act is aimed at abolishing some of the rules that were set under colonial era so as to suit the present time.
Yumbe said some of the noted parts of the Act which have proposed amendments are changes in handling of terminally ill prisoners.
Yumbe said the money will also be used to purchase 20 electric pots for all central prisons countrywide adding that this will reduce on government's expenditure on purchasing wood and fuel.
www.lrf.org.zm /Newsletter/february2002/lrf.2centre.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Lions Club
I programmet for denne regionen inngikk også etablering av poliklinikker for øyehelse i to nærliggende distrikter, Nebbi og Yumbe.
november var det stor ståhei i Nebbi, respektive Yumbe distrikter da to mindre enheter, poliklinikker, var ferdigstilt og klare til å tas i bruk ved regionsykehusene.
Marit talte og overleverte på Norges vegne i Nebbi, Evy i Yumbe.
www.lions.no /website.aspx?displayid=47630   (440 words)

  
 CBS News | U.S. Missionaries Killed In Uganda | March 19, 2004 14:19:22
Warren Pett and his wife, Donna, were shot late Thursday after seven armed men wearing military uniforms raided the college near Yumbe in northwestern Uganda, where the couple taught, said Okot Araa, district police chief.
The Petts were teaching at the Esther Evangelistical School of Technology, 15 miles east of Yumbe, and worked for a local aid group called Here is Life.
A 17-year insurgency has wreaked havoc across northern and northeastern Uganda, but the area around Yumbe, 300 miles northwest of the capital Kampala, has been not been affected by the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army and has been relatively peaceful.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/19/world/main607395.shtml   (389 words)

  
 Crackdown over murder of two missionaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yumbe District Commissioner Drani Dradiga told IRIN in a telephone interview: "The strongest link we are pursuing is a group of local people who resented the church project on their land.
We think they hired these thugs to disrupt what they saw as an invasion." He said the evidence would later be made public but that for now few details could be disclosed "This is a very high-profile case and we are therefore handling it with care," he stressed.
All three were attached to the local Evangelical School of Technology in Yumbe District in the northwestern corner of Uganda bordering southern Sudan.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=40554   (333 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Cholera kills 40 in northwest Uganda
The government quoted Yumbe member of parliament (MP) Nusura Tiperu as saying that the situation in the two districts was alarming.
She reported to the parliament that the problem is caused by poor sanitation that has been worsened by the current mango season where people are eating unwashed mangoes, while about ten families share one latrine.
The disease was firstly reported in Arua district in early June and later spread to neighboring Yumbe district.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACIO-6E9QNZ?OpenDocument   (207 words)

  
 uganda : Uganda militiamen escape with guns
Aronda Nyakairima at Yumbe Boma Grounds on Saturday, Okwanga said 55 of the escapees were from Yumbe, 21 from Arua and 10 from Koboko.
The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and Joint Anti-Terrorism squad unearthed subversive activities in West Nile in November 2004 and said then that the PRA was recruiting its fighters from the region and training them in the jungles of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The detectives picked at least 26 PRA suspects in the region in the four-month crack-down that ended in February this year and recovered a stockpile of arms and other rebel training kits, mainly from Yumbe District and Koboko.
uganda.blogspirit.com /archive/2005/05/01/uganda_militiamen_escape_with_guns.html   (704 words)

  
  BBC NEWS | Africa | Three killed at Ugandan college   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Warren and Donna Pett and Isaac Juruga were attacked on Thursday night by seven men in uniform, the Associated Press reports.
Yumbe district is a remote area near Uganda's border with Sudan.
The Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group which has been trying to overthrow the government for 18 years, operates mostly in the north of the country.
www.chapelonthehill.net /Pett_BBC.stm   (206 words)

  
 The EastAfrican on the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Local leaders and elders in Yumbe and Koboko said that most of the people arrested were innocent civilian whom the government had failed to pay for collecting illegal guns from the area.
Government officials and local leaders in Yumbe and Koboko districts said the exercise of buying weapons from former rebels — including WNBF — was conducted in the two districts between March 2003 and November 2004.
Two of the suspects had letters that said, "This is to certify that the bearer of this note is on official state mission to Yumbe, Koboko, Arua areas in West Nile region...." bearing stamps from the office of the Chief of Staff, Bombo General Headquarters.
nationmedia.com /eastafrican/17012005/Regional/Regional1701200536.html   (905 words)

  
 BASIC Ministries, International - The Sudan Project: Completed Projects | Yumbe District, Uganda Evangelism Trip
During this trip the JESUS Film was shown in the Aringa language.
A total of 4,750 people indicated decisions for Christ with 1,000 decisions in Yumbe town, and 3,750 decisions in Keriwa North and South.
In Yumbe town the new believers were handed over to the National Pentecostal Church of Uganda and the Full Gospel Church of Uganda.
www.basicministries.info /projects/completed/yumbe_ug_2004   (297 words)

  
 The EastAfrican on the Web
The refugee leaders, who had agreed to travel to the proposed resettlement camps in the West Nile districts of Arua and Yumbe, were restrained by the refugees, who accused them of having been compromised.
But government officials insist that Yumbe and Arua districts are safe from rebel attacks, and will go ahead with shifting the refugees beginning May 12.
Ikafe camp in Yumbe district, where the first batch of refugees will be resettled, used to hold 25,000 Sudanese refugees until 1996 when rebels of the WNBF attacked the camp, killed some refugees and destroyed much of the infrastructure at the camp.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/12052003/Regional/Regional33.html   (942 words)

  
 BASIC Ministries, International - The Sudan Project: Completed Projects | Keriwa North and Keriwa South, Sudan and ...
In June, 2004 Pastor Jackson Yemba and his 9 person evangelism team traveled southeast to Yumbe, Uganda and to Keriwa North and Keriwa South, Sudan.
There were 1,900 decisions in Keriwa South, 1,650 decisions in Keriwa North, and 1,700 decisions in Yumbe.
In Yumbe 40% of the new believers had been Muslims and 30% had been animists.
www.basicministries.info /projects/completed/keriwa2004   (261 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com
The Petts, dairy farmers from Mukwonago, Wis., were shot when seven armed men wearing military uniforms raided the college near Yumbe, some 310 miles northwest of Kampala, where the couple taught.
About 90 percent of the area population is Muslim, and some were upset by the setting up of Christian schools in the region, police said.
In a reversal of a lower court's ruling, a federal appeals court has decided in a 9-4 vote that Ohio's state motto, "With God, all things are possible," is constitutional after all.
www.crosswalk.com /news/1254643.html?view=print   (670 words)

  
 Refugees protest over relocation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The decision to move the refugees from the appallingly overcrowded Kiryandongo to Madiokollo and Ikafi camps, Yumbe district, has been the cause of growing controversy between Uganda’s government, the refugee community and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
Kiryandongo’s residents have grave security fears about Yumbe and the whole West Nile region, owing to rebel activity in the area.
They were initially moved to Kiryandongo in 2002 because of a rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on their camp in Acholi Pii, near the Sudanese border.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=33865   (419 words)

  
 Americans killed : IMC-SA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KAMPALA - An American missionary couple was killed Thursday night when armed men attacked their home in Yumbe district.
A student at the Evangelical School of Technology was also killed in the attack, which left several houses burnt and property destroyed.
The couple, which worked for a missionary organisation "Here is Life", had lived in Aringa, Yumbe since last year.
southafrica.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=5594   (311 words)

  
 Welcome to Arua One FM::covering the districts of Arua, Nebbi, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjuman, Some parts of DRC and Southern ...
Arua One 88.7 FM was established as a commercial radio station in 2002.
Arua One FM's signals reach an extensive area including the districts of Arua, Nebbi, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjuman, Gulu, parts of The Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan.
Arua One FM has 2 studios; "On-air" and "Production." Both of these studios are equiped with the latest digital systems which enable us to transmit and produce computerized programmes and adverts.
www.aruaonefm.com   (247 words)

  
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We provide a large range of Yumbe coffee supplies and coffee making equipment.
Try our Yumbe coffee beans that come in organic, decaf or flavoured coffee varieties.
However, some information is maintained by other organisations over which we have no control and therefore we cannot accept any responsibility for errors or omissions.
www.freshly-brewed.com /Country/Uganda/Yumbe   (122 words)

  
 Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Lamu
Ruled by the Yumbe (a council of elders), Lamu was controlled only loosely by the Omanis.
Lamu became the star port of the Indian Ocean and a center of poetry, politics, arts and crafts as well as the trade which made it rich.
The invaders were massacred and the Yumbe of Lamu, fearing a bloody reprisal from the Mazruis in Mombasa, asked Oman for protection.
www.blissites.com /kenya/places/lamu.html   (586 words)

  
 Wisconsin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KAMPALA, Uganda — Two missionaries from southeastern Wisconsin were among three people killed in Uganda when gunmen raided and looted a college, police said Friday.
Warren Pett and his wife, Donna, both 49, were shot late Thursday after seven armed men wearing military uniforms raided the college near Yumbe in northwestern Uganda, where the couple taught, said Okot Araa, district police chief.
William Stough, an official with the African Inland Mission, an international interdenominational Christian missionary group, said the Petts had been in Uganda for more than a year and were agricultural experts at the college, run by Here is Life, a Ugandan Christian group.
www.chapelonthehill.net /Pett_PP.htm   (663 words)

  
 Ambassador Provides Additional Support to Refugees in Yumbe (July 11 2005) - "U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda"
On July 11, 2005, Ambassador Jimmy Kolker awarded a grant worth $20,000 to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Uganda to support refugees.
The grant, made through the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees, will be used at the Ikafe settlement area in Yumbe District to improve infrastructure at the Ariwa Health Center.
External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
uganda.usembassy.gov /yumbe.html   (210 words)

  
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This project will establish a revolving fund as a starting point for the women of Yumbe to begin their small projects in sustainable food production and income generation.
The centre operates under Arua Diocese, it started as a farm in 1972, and in 1996 upgraded to a demonstration and training facility.
The project area, Yumbe is a newly created district carved out of Arua, The area is suffering economic and social neglect, so the women feel the brunt of this condition.
www.gorta.org /projects/under10000/uga1584.html   (210 words)

  
 Welcome to The New Vision online: Uganda's leading daily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KAMPALA — Parliament Deputy Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has commended Yumbe district for aiding the signing of the Sudan peace pact.
She said after the signing of the agreement, the people of Yumbe expected business interaction and service delivery.
She was on Wednesday meeting Yumbe councillors at Parliament.
www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/13/417580   (659 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sudanese refugees housed in a makeshift camp in northern Uganda rioted in Wednesday to protest a government move to relocate them to the northwest of the country, police said.
Refugees at Kiryandongo rioted and took captive their leaders as they Showed opposition to the governments plan to move 10,000 of them to two camps in Yumbe and Arua districts, police official Grace Turyagumanawe told AFP.
He said the refugees assaulted a female leader and seized 19 others who were about to be taken on a trip to assess the proposed sites, which many refugee claim are unsafe.
www.radiovoiceofhope.net /8.htm   (183 words)

  
 Outbreak-Historie Uganda - Stand: 14.08.05
Vor Kurzem waren auch noch Yumbe, Bundibugyo und Kalangala genannt.
Arua, Yumbe, Kisoro, Moyo, Gulu, Nebbi, Kotido und Masaka.
In Nebbi, Arua, Yumbe, Adjumani und Gulu werden Impfaktionen durchgeführt.
www.bueger.de /historie/Uganda.htm   (4626 words)

  
 Worldworx Travel - Safety - Africa - Uganda
In March 2004, two Americans were murdered in northwestern Uganda in Yumbe District; the motive was not immediately clear.
Until further notice, the Embassy recommends that all American citizens resident in Yumbe District consider leaving the district as a precaution.
Americans resident in these areas should review whether the LRA threats are grounds for temporarily leaving the area.
www.worldworx.tv /safety/africa/uganda/index.htm   (1739 words)

  
 2005 Population Figures for Yumbe, Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Previously farmers had to travel all the way to Yumbe.
16,405 for Yumbe, Uganda is based on a number of factors and sources.
Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- actual figures can be obtained from the U.N. and government sources.
travel.synabu.com /cities/Y/Yumbe,_Uganda.html   (274 words)

  
 Athena Review 2,1: Christopher Columbus, 4th voyage (1502)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to the Indian who was our prisoner they eat human flesh and raw fish, and pierce holes in their ears large enough to insert hen's eggs; that is why the Admiral named that country Costa de las Orejas [Coast of the Ears].
Regarding possible cultural identification of Yumbé and his companions in the trading canoe, the Bay Islands were east of the Maya region.
Along the the Honduras coast were spoken Jicaque and Payan languages, the latter used in the Bay Islands, and both distinct from the Maya language family whose over 30 dialects stretch from Tabasco to the Ulúa River.
www.athenapub.com /coluvoy4.htm   (748 words)

  
 New Internationalist Issue 283 - Field of dreams
We met few other vehicles on the road, just curious children waving and neat grass huts in immaculately-swept compounds.
En route we stopped at Yumbe, a town with a huge mosque - the Ugandans in the area are mainly Muslim - and many broken-down brick houses.
After Yumbe a truck passed us going the other way.
www.newint.org /issue283/dreams.html   (937 words)

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