Soroti District

Court of Appeal sits in Soroti for first time, takes on 35 cases Daily Monitor

At about 9:30am, a Gateway Mercedes-Benz bus, registration number UPL 402, was travelling from Namasale towards Soroti Town when it drove into an LRA ambush approximately 12 miles north of Soroti. The attackers, dressed in military-style attire, opened fire on the approaching bus, shooting at its tyres and forcing the vehicle to stop. What followed was a massacre.

Five people have been killed and several others seriously injured after an overloaded truck carrying cattle and passengers overturned along the Moroto-Soroti highway in Napak District.

The minister said this as she was responded Bukedea County Member of Parliament, Hon. David Okwere who said that 80 per cent of cereals being purchased by PELA commodities factory in Soroti contain aflatoxin. Okwere said that the discovery was made during a recent visit to Soroti Industrial Park which houses PELA commodities, a factory […] The post Soroti farmers faulted for failure to utilise aflatoxin removal machi

Soroti District Woman Representative Anna Adeke Ebaju has criticised Parliament’s motion to thank President Yoweri Museveni, arguing that government should not receive praise for fulfilling its basic constitutional responsibilities.

Over 12,000 Soroti residents rely on open defecation Daily Monitor

More than 600 Soroti pupils fail mock exams Daily Monitor

72 Soroti City local leaders sworn in, warned against corruption Daily Monitor

The proprietor of Jozan Nursery and Primary School, Suzan Vivian Ariokot, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the ritual murder of a 5-year-old pupil, Joan Faith Apio, in February 2025. Ariokot’s husband, Joseph Okedi, and police officer John Bosco Obotol were also convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 and 45 years in prison […] The post Soroti school proprietor Ariokot jailed for life over ritual murder of

Frequent power failures at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital are disrupting critical services, raising fears of medical emergencies, equipment damage and a possible fire.

Soroti High Court on Thursday sentenced three people to lengthy prison terms and acquitted three others over the murder of five-year-old Joan Faith Apio at Jozan Nursery and Primary School in February 2025.

The High Court in Soroti has sentenced Suzan Vivian Ariokot to life imprisonment for the murder of five-year-old Joan Faith Apio, a pupil of Jozan Nursery and Primary School in…

Soroti High Court has sentenced Susan Vivian Ariokot, the wife of the director of Jozan Nursery and Primary School, to life in prison for the ritual murder of five-year-old Joan Faith Apio, while her husband Joseph Okedi has been handed 30 years in jail and his brother Detective Corporal John Bosco Obotol was handed a 35-year sentence.

The High court in Soroti has convicted two directors of Jozan Nursery and Primary School, Suzan Vivian Ariokot and Joseph Okedi, and police officer John Bosco Obotol for the murder of six-year-old pupil Joan Faith Apio. Apio was found dead with her throat slit in the school latrine on February 5, 2025. Six people were […] The post Soroti school directors found guilty in 6-year-old pupil’s murder as court acquits head

The High Court in Soroti has convicted four of the six people accused of murdering five-year-old Joan Faith Apio at Jozan Nursery and Primary School, while two others were acquitted.

The Soroti High Court is set to deliver its ruling on Thursday in the closely watched murder trial over the death of five-year-old Jozan pupil Joan Faith Apio.

By Emma Decox Nyalo Amolatar, Ugandda | Sowers of Love Charities, a non-governmental organization operating in Amolatar, Kaberamaido, kalaki and Soroti District on Thursday 13th August 2026 officially commissioned and…

SOROTI CITY — Soroti City authorities have been directed to immediately stop the use of classrooms as teachers’ accommodation following a monitoring exercise that uncovered a serious shortage of learning space at Moruapesur Primary School. The directive was issued by the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Secretariat under the Office of the President after it emerged […] The post Soroti Authorities Ordered to Vacat

Soroti SS halts admissions as enrollment hits 6,100, overwhelming facilities Daily Monitor

Health workers may know where the gaps are in Karamoja’s healthcare system, but those who live with those gaps every day often understand them best. That idea was at the heart of a regional dialogue held in Soroti last week, where more than 160 representatives from government, civil society organizations, health facilities and community groups […] The post Karamoja communities step up to fix health care appeared firs

SOROTI — The Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) Secretariat under the Office of the President has issued a stern warning to government officials in Soroti District over poor service delivery, cautioning that officials found responsible for mismanagement of government projects could face arrest. The warning was issued on Friday, August 7, 2026, during a monitoring visit […] The post RDC Secretariat’s Sr. Grace Aki

Soroti, Uganda | URN | The trial of six people accused of murdering Joan Faith Apio, a Primary One pupil at Jozan Nursery and Primary School, took another turn on Friday after the accused dropped all their planned defence witnesses, citing fears for the witnesses’ safety and livelihoods. The accused instead told the Soroti High … The post Defence witnesses withdraw from Joan Apio murder trial over fear appeared first

The six people accused of murdering Joan Faith Apio, a six-year-old pupil at Jozan Nursery and Primary School, have abandoned plans to call defence witnesses, citing fears for the witnesses’ safety and livelihoods. Instead, the accused told the High court in Soroti that they will rely on CCTV footage and documentary evidence in their defence. […] The post Defence drops all witnesses in Soroti nursery pupil murder tri

The defence of six people accused of murdering seven-year-old Joan Faith Apio has received a boost after the High court in Soroti ordered the production of CCTV footage that the accused say could strengthen their case. Justice Boniface Wamala directed that CCTV footage from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital and the Pride Bank branch in Soroti […] The post Court orders production of bank, hospital CCTV footage in P.1