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7 polio cases found in Amuru AMURU-The polio immunisation exercise in the north covered 91% of the population but seven more cases were reported in the district. The programme manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Dr. Possy Mugyenyi, said the response was good in the North. He, however, said there was frustration in Kampala because parents were skeptical and LCs did not mobilise the people. Mugyenyi said in Kampala where the health ministry targeted 90% of the children, coverage was lagging below 85 % a few days to end of the exercise. The first round of the immunisation exercise targeted 29 districts, 27 were in the North and the others were Kampala and Wakiso.


NRM leaders get elected AMURU-The former woman parliamentary candidate, Rose Nyeko, was on Wednesday elected district chairperson for the National Resistance Movement. She polled 97 votes against 67 of incumbent Christopher Ojera who is the Pabbo sub-county LC3 chairman. Martin Opwony Pur, the former LC3 chairman of Laroo Division in Gulu municipality, was unopposed for the post of vice-chairman. Rose Lapur from Atiak was elected Treasurer. Santo Okia, a former, district councillor for Alero sub-county in Gulu district, was voted as the general secretary, while Wilson Achoka was elected the party mobiliser and publicity secretary.