Angu Neza [Sightseeing]
Vacation Destination Marketing
GOD is great, first and foremost! Secondly, JESUS is the Way. Arua is a sweet and excellent (First Class) Business Hub at the Heart of West Nile (Northwestern Uganda). It connects East Africa to the rest of the Black Continent through the KAN (Koboko-Arua-Nebbi) Corridor. Transferred from Belgian colonialists to the British after 1911 because of rivers flowing towards the Albert Nile, the locality got its name from a medium-sized rock elevation west of Barifa Forest and directly south of Arua Avenue (Inzikuru Road). A "small prison" west of this prominent hill in Ayivu was the stopover detention point for arrested persons from Lado Enclave (1894-1910) eg tax defaulters en route to the bigger prison in Aru (Congo Free State, then Belgian Congo in 1908) near Vurra; Aru-a translated from Lugbara is "in prison". Some Belgians are buried in Alikua (Maracha) where they set up their first West Nile administration centre. The British who first planted their Union Jack flag on Arua Hill in 1914 brought an Agofe system and appointed Jalwere Jalusiga from Alur (1922), but it evolved in Terego as Lugbara Kari (1962) with Mariko Boroa at the helm. In 1967, UG President Milton Obote abolished cultural institutions. When NRM took over power in 1986, kingdoms returned and Jason Avutia (Vurra) became the 3rd Agofe until his departure from Earth in 2023; he was replaced by (His Highness Culu) Manase Yuma aka Amuku (Ayivu). The next rotational Agofe will be the Maracha Chief before the loop restarts in Terego.

Arua is the centre of Lugbaraland (The stones can probably speak the language after hearing it for ages); aku ambo [big home/ city] magnet and imvu [(melting) pot] for all Lugbara in the diaspora. Other groups in Arua include Madi, Luo (mainly Alur), Kakwa, Bantu (eg Baganda), Asians, Congolese, Sudanese and Whites. Foreigners allowed; strangers are welcome to visit Arua! Experience the ageless heritage of Lugbara culture!

Religiously, Arua is the mission centre of the Anglican Madi & West Nile Diocese in Mvara (Eastern Arua City) as well as the Roman Catholic Arua Diocese in Ediofe (Western Arua City).

I was born in Jinja and grew up in Kampala, but had a very ignorant disdain (or discriminative attitude) against Arua with absolutely no desire to visit throughout the 90s though most relatives did. However, since the world did not end in Y2K as prophesied by Computer Bug Doom's Day theorists (who were 100 percent dead-wrong; Pastor John Hagee in Texas also predicted that we might see the AntiChrist by 1999), I decided to make the first pilgrimage I can remember (using Nile Coach) to the land where my ancestors are resting (Mother told me she brought me to Arua when I was a handheld baby, but my oldest memory in this life is in Jinja). Every year after Y2K, I returned to Arua at least once around Christmas until moving permanently in December 2013; I wanted to demystify all the lies I heard (like Arua only has grassroofed mudsoil-and-stick-huts plus murram roads): Many cement houses existed and the huts had more durable claywalls (Some were even decorated with paint and designs). I was actually stunned to see reddish-orange tile roofs in Arua like you see on Entebbe Road (Things I had never seen in photos of Arua). Water ran through underground pipes too. The stereotypical view in the South is that West Nilers only eat mairungi, sell fruits like oranges and seeds eg groundnuts in baskets, work as watchmen, cut plantation sugarcanes plus are poor yet there are many doctors, lawyers, engineers, businesspeople and other professionals. (Nurse) Vivian Patience Nabakka in Arua said it best on TikTok: Unlearn all ugly things you have heard... Visit Arua with a pure, clean slate kind of mind! My mantra in the new millenium was: Turn rejects into projects! I make short videos promoting Arua. Furthermore, I used to think beautiful women only originate from India, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Teso, but met some stunners in Lugbaraland too including a 2nd cousin I thought was another 2nd cousin's Congolese friend, yet sister. Beauties come out during crusades, promos, concerts and other events unless you see them in markets, churches or social media. You wonder where they stay and if their origins are really from near Arua. My first crush in West Nile was Cynthia Letasi (now Mrs. Mungufeni) who changed my worldview between 2001 and 2006 like a Kumari (She spoke Lugbara so fluently without shame and inspired me to re-study my own mother tongue by literally draining amalala ga kibuga [Luganda for: city haughtiness] out of me. Afterwards, every woman I glanced at who looked like her or had some kind of Cynthia aura became my favourite eg Tonto Dikeh (who I saw on the new Top TV in Kampala), Betty Mpologoma (who started her career in 1999), Sheebah Karungi who shot up in the Ugandan music industry around 2009, Pretty Banks, Queenie (singer in Miracle Centre Cathedral Rubaga's Proclaim Choir) plus Scarlet Johansson who featured in a 2003 movie that portrays exactly how Xnthi made me feel in the same year it came out. 

Koboko broke away from Arua in 2005 while Maracha (where I come from) and Terego left in 2006 until the latter returned to Arua in 2010 (while I was working for Electoral Commission in Tara Subcounty which is next to Terego). Other clans including my mother's clan (Ayivu, from which the City was cut out) also asked for districts, but the spirit of Arua cannot be divided nor shrunk by politicians. All the other places around Arua are like 12 gates. Arua is the only regional city in Uganda colonised by Belgians who first set up their West Nile administrative headquarters in Alikua (Maracha) immortalised by a pyramid whose maintenance was supported by the Belgian Government and gets visitors from their country eg in 2022 plus other countries; I used to find iron sheets from Belgium sold in Arua shops unlike KLA which had Roofings. By 2026, Madi Okollo (South of Vurra) was the only district with two names while West Nile is the only subregion in UG with an English name because it is west of the Longest River on Earth (Nile). Arua is the 2nd Most Populated City in Uganda. For me, Arua stands for superhigh elevation (not depression) and freedom from incarceration (mental imprisonment): African, refreshing, unchained, amazing! Draw a circle around Arua Hill from Ora Bridge in Madi Okollo and back, that is the first ripple! Arua is surrounded by a ring of mountains from Liru in Koboko to Wati, Oce in Moyo, Oci at the border between Ayivu and Vurra, Luku, etc.

The first time I went to the summit of Arua Hill, I was a teenager (Above 16). I literally drooled because of the unexpectedly-wide and hypnotic view of Barifa Forest as seen from above compared to the limited appearance from ground level in Anyafio. Like Saul (who turned into Paul) on the road to Damascus, I made a secret vow in my heart to discover the Best (Superfly) Things about this hood and document them. Arua Hill has a 360-degree panoramic view of Lugbaraland from Ayivu to DR Congo, Maracha, Terego, Vurra and beyond. Locals and foreigners, young lads and adults, solo climbers and couples or families and other categories tour the hill. Others sit quietly and listen to headphone/ earphone music or read literatuwhile another batch take photos or exercise. Watch brown kites glide skilfully around the masts like pro-pilots (I once saw pigeons with leg-tags from Israel walking on the hill, probably migrating or imported), savour the oxygen from tree leaves while you watch Barifa Forest (where Arua Hill SC used to host its Ugandan Football league games in the early 2020s) plus the horizon, consume tasty food or watch Bollywood movies on your smartphone! Many times when I looked East, I would wish I had a pair of binoculars that could view River Nile beyond the horizon (like on Mt. Oce in Moyo) or go to the shore of a lake nearby (Rokoze is miles away in Maracha). Then in Twenty25, I hardened my heart and visited Abairo Falls in Oluko; it literally fulfilled my dreams like a mini-Murchison Falls and small Rift Valley with a Rwenzori Wonderland-like view in the South and East plus relaxation seats. The sunsets are transcendentally golden around here and invisible air vitamins from the splashing waterfalls can heal your stress. Arguably the Best Waterfalls near Arua City though not wide like Miriadua in Kijomoro (Maracha), Abairo was acquired by the Arua City Council during 2025 in order to turn it into a global tourist attraction in partnership with John Acile who discovered its potential in 2006 and began modifying it. Other activities that can be introduced include ziplining, archery, etc. Tell me who knows a peaceful place where I can go when am feeling low? Try virtual tours to the home of Lugbara like 55 minute vacations on Google Earth!

To get to Arua physically, either you fly in via the Idi Amin Dada International Airport (with a terminal foundation laid by Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko in 1976 alongside Idi Amin) for less than 2 hours from Entebbe Airport or use the roads: It takes at least 7 hours to travel from Kampala City to Arua (IATA: RUA). In the early 2000s, the road from Karuma to Arua was murram and I would find trouble breathing because of the highway dust while we cruised through the game park, but ease up close to Pakwach. Gaagaa introduced a revolution whereby instead of leaving at 5:30am before sunrise, people could travel at 7 or 8am. Other companies like Nile Coach had to adjust too.

Trivia: UG's 3rd President (Idi Amin Dada) was half Kakwa, half Lugbara. Dorcus Inzikuru, the first Ugandan woman to win a gold medal in steeplechase athletics (during Helsinki 2005) is from Vurra. One of Uganda's Best Divas of All-Time Jackie Chandiru is half Muganda, half Lugbara. Zuena (Bebe Cool's wife) lived in Arua for some time. Mukesh Shukla (one of Uganda's Richest Indian Billionaires and founder of Shumuk) was born in Arua (1962). Multi-cultural (Arua, UK, Rwanda) musician Alak SG speaks Lugbara plus half a dozen other languages. Famous people who have visited Arua include Daniel Arap Moi (President of Kenya) at Adriko's Factory, Aki and Popo (short Nigerian actors) went to Ediofe, Forest Whitaker (American filmstar who won the 2006 Oscar Award for Best Actor for portraying Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland), Sudhir Ruparelia (Richest Man in East Africa) who owns property in Arua too, Owobusobozi Bisaka (who is revered by some Ugandans in place of JESUS), etc.

One day while travelling by bus with two Bantu youngmen beside me around the early 2010s, they kept belittling West Nilers; I did not say anything in defence of my people, but commented on other topics during the daytime-journey. I believe their contemptuousness was based on hearsay and prejudice mixed with ignorance. When we crossed Pakwach Bridge, I shamelessly told the first-time travellers to Arua that am from this side, but they refused to believe because I had "intel". I did not argue with them about West Nile's low status in the other parts of UG (Knew the reputation well), but after gliding past the Arua Hill Roundabout, the pair confessed that Idi Amin was the only president who left his hometown in a good state: At least, it looked urban, not rural and some roads were tarmacked. Amin actually used to drive his rally cars near that roundabout in the 70s before I was born. I had kept quiet about how Arua looks on the ground all along so that they could judge for themselves like I was pleasantly surprised at the turn of the new millenium. I even witnessed some roads going through several pothole-patching makeovers before everything was removed and new longer-lasting layers tarmacked. Nevertheless, some roads were never finished due to corruption eg Mango Road.

Back when airtime was sold on scratchcards, I was sent with my half Lugbara, half Itesot 2nd cousin to buy a card. As we walked towards Mvara on Oluko Road, he kept abusing people in English (while asking them: Do you know Kampala?) like they had never been outside Arua; I tried to calm him down in vain. Somewhere near Missions Cafe (before it was opened), a senior citizen rose up as if rushing to beat him, but I begged him in Lugbara to forgive the youngun. What is it with city lads undermining people who live far away from urban centres? Is it because of taller buildings (Multiple storeys) or just in-born arrogance? The food is not very different, people are similar (just fewer) and many commodities come from the same manufacturers. There is sunshine and rain too plus rivers and trees. What is the difference between a grassroofed and ironsheet-covered house? The former shelter is intercooled and cheaper though prone to fire while the latter is more expensive, but longer-lasting. Arua's Tallest Building can fit among Uganda's Top 100 Tallest.

When my parents moved their home from KLA to Arua in 2001, they set up a shop at the old Arua Central Market and asked me to design a doorpost on wood for "Ndedra Stores"; that was my first signpainting in Arua; others include: Springs Kindergarten (2017), Charis International School, etc. In 2016 while anticipating Arua's transition from municipality to city which happened in 2020, I re-designed the Arua Municipal Council emblem with tonnes of love a day before Women's Day in memory of Kawino, the 1st neighbour's daughter I loved like myself in Jinja (Found out from my mother in 2003 that she was poisoned in Andruvu). In 2021, it was chosen from my AruaCartoons blog and emblazoned on the West Side of the market. When I discovered that fact while watching Smart24 TV alone at exactly 10am one sunny day, I jumped up in the air with my right fist up and proclaimed: GOD is great! That day was truly special because in the evening, an American humanitarian on a refugee mission in UG bought me dinner at Golden Courts Hotel. The President's son (Muhoozi Kainerugaba) had just visited Arua at the Golf Course nearby 10 days behind. Meanwhile in 2018, I drew my own Arua Channel combination logo with four masts on a hill plus Maracha View (Rock my world!); the following year, I drew my Lugbara crest in a circle.

Arua City Tower is the Tallest Monument in East and Central Africa, but 2nd in Sub-Saharan Africa after Senegal's African Renaissance Monument. It was commissioned on MTN Uganda's 27th birthday in October 2025, a month after Arua hosted the national World Tourism Day celebrations at the Golf Course nearby. Symbolic of West Nile's cultural diversity, it includes digital advertising screens, small museum, coffee restaurant and an observation deck offering panoramic views of the city as well as DR Congo on the western horizon. An effigy of a leopard with 300 spots (Lugbara tribal totem) lies on the southside. 

Three things I admire about Arua are: Ori Yo [No Fear]; Young Mothers and Mputa [Nile Perch (fish)].

One Friday, I travelled from KLA to Arua by private means. Then a friend in KLA called me and I told him that I would be in Najjanankumbi the following Tuesday. I was so tired because of the journey that I briefly forgot that Mt. Wati Road (Anyafio Village in Arua) was hundreds of kilometres away from Entebbe Road. When I looked outside the window, I realised that I was not in Kyebando, but the sitting room I was in felt like KLA City. For a crazy moment, I thought I would just board a taxi for less than an hour and meet him, but had to apologise that I couldn't make it. I even posted that old feeling on Twitter when Arua was declared a city by Parliament and it was shown on Urban TV during Northern Connection (Music show). Words either damage (bring down) or mend (build up): Arua is the Sweetest Place on Earth! Some people look for a lovely place, others make a place lovely. From personal amazement (Found several unseen before developments), Arua changes every two months plus can expand into a metropolis. There is something you can learn from Arua. For me, Arua felt like a city from my first pilgrimage in Y2K until official declaration and after.

Since 2020, Arua Regional City of West Nile Subregion (which has 8 to 13 districts) is a beacon of African excellence. Arua Hill Stadium and Business Park is a different, head-turning and multi-purpose venue under construction that will feature a 20,000-seat stadium, shopping mall, Arua Hill Hotel, banks and hospital. 2ambe Health Club has a fenced artificial football turf with floodlights for nighttime activities. Martin Anguandia (Unique Rider) in Ambeko (Between Mvara and Muni) made a small 4-wheel car using a Senke motorcycle engine and has driven it to Koboko. He also assembled a pedal-assist electric bike that he wants to equip with a solar panel. Island Resort Beach (Ogurugu) behind Otokoa Market provides boat rides and fishing in a 100-metre long pond. Meanwhile, Aqualand Farm in Ombaci also has several fish ponds, but no rides. Drone fishing can be another activity introduced. Visit Adriko's Factory near Enyau River or Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) at the Ombaci Earth Satellite Station next to Nile University! Cassava Enyasa [Slap food] is the staple food in Lugbaraland since colonial days. Za [Meat] feasting (Yamari Wedding Banquets) never end. Mangoes ripen mainly in May and December. Seasonal butterfly migration and fireflies at night are superb spectacles during mid-year. There is also weekly birdwatching eg gaagaa (black and white crows), small redbirds, vultures, brown kites, marabou storks, etc. Other animals I've seen near Arua include: cows, goats, sheep, chicken, ducks, rabbits, donkeys, ostriches, camels during festivities like Eid, guineafowls [ope], forest-green moths, grey and white monkeys, purple snakes, river crabs, red monkeys, monitor lizards, etc. Three rain seasons are: Spring (March to May), Summer (June to August) and Autumn (September to November) plus a Dry Winter with little to no rain from December to February.

Why do Lugbara want to study English, Swahili, French, Japanese, Arabic, German, Spanish, Russian plus Chinese, but ignore their own language (Trinity Peace Gorondru of the Sudanic Academy calls it "inferiority complex")? Why can't I master Lugbara like English? Is it because our land or civilisation is not considered more interesting than the others? I want to be delusional and actually think Lugbara is also interesting and Arua is the destination to be. On the 3rd Agofe's 90th birthday, I snapped and created my own encyclopedic digital Lugbara Dictionary (Arguably the first and Biggest of its kind on the Web).

Madi-Lugbara Community Museum at Social Centre on Ediofe Road offers you a glimpse of shared local culture while the (Sultan) Isara Memorial Cultural and Community Library in Eruba (Vurra) opens your mind to new possibilities in this world. The Lugbara cultural symbol is a leopard with 300 spots while each clan has its own totem eg Aringa (Ram), Ayivu (Bull), Maracha (Grasshopper), Terego (Rat) and Vurra (Pumpkin) while the Madi have: Moyo and Adjumani (White Rooster), Obongi (Fish Eagle) plus Madi Okollo (Goat).

There is a notion that if you go to New York City, London, Dubai, Beijing or any of the World's biggest capitals, then you have lived. There is also life in Arua (Lugbara capital); am grateful to GOD for peace and tarmac. I can sit in the grass and chill; boredom is a choice. Synthetic Happiness is deliberate elevation of mind; detached from conditional reality. Does Arua have electricity? Yes! West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECo) headquartered on Rhino Camp Road was formed in 2003 to replace UEB and powered the locality from Osu Village near San Siro and Pangisa Ward at Aci Engine (with a noisy diesel generator-set later taken to Moyo). Supplemented by another plant in Ewuata on Nebbi Highway (which got four new generators in 2021 at the same time Uganda Airlines got Bombardier jets); WENRECo also supplied hydropower from Nyagak Dam in Zombo before West Nile was connected to the National Grid with power from the 600 MegaWatt Chinese-built Karuma Dam. When WENRECo started, it supplied 18 constant hours of power from 6am until midnight; more stable than the load-shedding in Kampala (Capital City of UG) though got issues that made locals protest for it to be disbanded, but still bounced back until they became the Best Brand in West Nile. You can also use off-grid solar electricity.

While in KLA before Twenty13, I used to review tourism maps of Uganda (eg in Eye Magazine and so on) and find West Nile blank; not even Ajai was mentioned nor Pakwach Bridge, Salia Musala, various rivers besides Enyau, waterfalls, etc. So, I made it my business to do research. I hope Arua is mentioned somewhere annually as a (cultural, church, water or urban) tourism destination in the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo. 

Architecture (Tallest Buildings in Arua/ Bha Da Sende Tawuni-a Tipasi/ The Stones Will Praise GOD): Desert Breeze Hotel near Osu River (10-storey Extension), Noble Unit Building (9 house-stomaches or floors on Adumi Road), Arua Hospital Doctors Quarters (8 floors), Shopping Centre blocks (7 floors), Aza Plaza (6 storeys), Sinai Plaza, Le Tsuba (Tap of Luxury), Orasea Complex (5 floors), ML Building, John Boboli Koboko Building, Nyadri Block, Star Plaza (4 floors), Tropical Suites Hotel, Concord Business Centre, KKT Plaza on Duka Road (3 floors), RICE West Nile on Awudele Crescent, ASIL Complex, Rippons Motel Building, Rose Villa Hotel, Golf View Inn, Wazalendo Complex, Electoral Commission West Nile Regional Centre, etc...
Brands: Springs, Omia Agribusiness Group, Terah Fish, Sunshine Mineral Water, Tolo Sweets, WENRECo, Malayika Bread, Barolls, Mungufeni Foundation, etc...
Cathedrals: Emmanuel (Mvara), Ediofe (Vatican City of Arua)...
Churches: St. Philip's (Golf Course), Christchurch Ediofe, St. Chrysostom Adalafu, Christ the King, Arua Pentecostal Church, SDA Church (Arua Hill), Agape...
Ecotourism: Oluko Falls (Abairo and Oloporoporo) in the East with peninsula pier or runway for closer view and plunge pools for swimming offers a different gamepark-like experience from the urban view near the city. Other places are: Ragem Beach meanders, Ogurugu Beach in Dadamu, hiking plus biking trails, nature walks, Barifa Forest with Playground and Leisure Park with mini-zoo...
Events: Duluka, Eucalyptus xylophone or banana-stem percussion music festivals, drumming, Okuza, West Nile Corporate Comedy, Anyoya Festival like at Coco Palm, Koro Dance, Adi [Lugbara legend]...
Healthcare: Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Rhema Hospital, Kuluva Hospital (with 5 MW Hydropower Dam), Pioneer Hospital, MBN (Clinical) Labs, Novafinia...
Heritage: Lugbara Kari (Chiefdom) Palace in Giligili on Ovisoni Bypass after shifting from Arua Hill, Madi-Lugbara Cultural Foundation (MALUCUFO) Museum at Social Centre, Lugbara Kari Cultural Centre, Arua City Tower Mini-Museum...
Hospitality: Hotel Pacific (Oldest Hotel in Arua City), Desert Breeze, Le Tsuba Hotel, Golden Courts, Santa Maria, 6A, Dreamland Hotel, Heritage Courts and Park, Royal Crane Resort, Prince Palace Kuluva, New Dawn Guesthouse, Le Confidentiel Eruba, Hotel Arua, Harriton Hotel, Eripak Resort Beach, Slumberland, White Castle Ewuata, Beal Mall & Hotel Awindiri adds a fantastic view to the Arua skyline at night and even has a fountain near Nebbi Highway...
Markets: Arua Central Market (2021), Lopalopa Fish Market 1 and 2, Awindiri, Gaagaa Market (Hawker), Lobida, Social Centre (Ediofe Road), Okuambo, Otokoa, Ediofe...
Mass graves: Ombaci Massacre (Wednesday 24th June 1981), Lokiragodo, Muni...
Mosques: Safi, Irshad, Riyadh, Hijra, Muhibeen, Tawfik, Sambya...
Radios: Voice Of Life (VOL) is the Oldest FM radio station in West Nile since 1997; it started in Jiako, but then moved to Arua Hill. Others include: Paidha FM, Nile FM, Arua One since 2002, Radio Pacis (1 and 2), Access, UBC West Nile, Spirit FM Koboko, Christ the King FM, BBC World Service (99.4 FM), Voice Of Madi, Radio Maria Nebbi, Next Radio Arua, Capital FM Kampala, etc.
Rivers: Nile in the East, Enyau (Longest tributary in West Nile), Asa, Acha, Osu, Oli, Jordan, Ala...
Roads: Weatherhead Park Lane surrounds the Golf Course like an oval ring dissected by Mango Road, Arua Avenue links with Adumi Road in the north, Enyau Road connects Nebbi Highway in Sambia to Ediofe Highway and School Road which ends at Smash Roundabout, Idi Amin Road, Go Down Road was transformed from a narrow road to four lanes by the China Railway Seventh Group, Nebbi Highway, Rhino Camp Highway, Staff Lane, Central Road, Hospital Road, Oluko Road...
Roundabouts: Knew only one (Main near Arua Hill) when I first came to Arua during Y2K, but about six or more others were constructed around the city in addition to usual junctions...
Schools: Muni University, UCU Ringili, Bugema, MUBS, Nile University, Springs Kindergarten, St. Joseph's College Ombaci, Muni Girls, Mvara SS, Arua Public, Arua Hill Primary, Ediofe Girls SS...
Shopping: Esomart, West Nile Supermarket, Doudou, Orasea, Jin Hong Yun, KKT Plaza, Xin Fu Lai, Safi Mosque Building, Mvara Mission Plaza...
Temples: West Nile Hindu Union
Trading centres: Eruba, Manibe, Muni, Dubai, Lia, Odramacaku, Ajia...
Transportation: Nilestar Bus, YY, Baby, California, Nile Coach, (James Nyakuni's) Gaagaa brought the daytime-departure revolution in the mid 2000s, KKT closed though used to be very vibrant, other companies like Link Bus also came in, (Former transporters included Ankk Bus, Gateway, Regional, etc); Arua Airport (2nd Busiest in UG after Entebbe with services from Uganda Airlines, UN, Eagle Air, United Airlines, Africa Inland Mission [AIM] Air Africa, Bar Aviation, Mink Air, Dax Cargo, etc); Plans exist to extend the railway from Pakwach through Arua to DRC...
TVs: Bornfree Technologies Network (BTN) was the first TV station in Arua since 2003 on UHF 23 in Arua and 61 in Kampala; its sister station was 94.1 Nile FM and they migrated from Awudele Crescent (Anyafio) to Arua Hill in 2015. Other TV stations that came after include Westnile TV (2020) in Anyafio on Weatherhead Park Lane, Host TV, etc.

Neighbourhood: 
Adjumani: Zoka Forest Reserve (Only forest in UG where three distinct vegetation types exist and various coffees grow plus has flying squirrels), Ara Fishing Lodge, Sunset river cruises, Peninsula (Almost island) views, Awindiri Market, Ogujebe Eco Lodge, Fofo Island, Paridi Stadium, Leisure Park, Ferry...
Ayivu: Onduparaka is the headquarters of Ayivu Clan, Greenlight Stadium hosts Onduparaka FC that took Ugandan top-flight football by storm in 2016, Mt. Oci marks the boundary between Ayivu and Vurra plus is visible from Arua Hill, Adumi Hill, Abi ZARDI Farm, etc...
Koboko: Salia Musala (is where you can be in three republics at the same time about a 2-hour journey by car from Arua City), Awudi Caves, Giriye streetfood, Mt. Liru (Origin of Kakwa), Dabaracha Falls, River Kochi...
Madi Okollo: Ajai Wildlife (Game) Reserve is the White Rhino cradleland though has other animals like the Ugandan kob, shoebill (whale-headed stork), etc and is an extension of Murchison (Kabalega) Falls National Park, Etuka Solar Plant, River Ora Bridge, Rhino Camp, Stone music...
Maracha: Headquarters at Nyadri, Miriadua Falls, Ajupani Hill, Curube Hill, Anyavu Park, Alikua Pyramid, Lake Rokoze (in Nyoro), St. Joseph's Cathedral Ovujo, Tara is a subcounty next to Koboko-Yumbe-Terego with several hills (eg Kodro, Gala, Kadri, Adrofiya, etc), 1991 Ojapi Air Raid sites including Woodland Peony Bomb-tree, Komendaku, Bango Cultural Centre Oleba, Koyi, Rivers Imve and Ayi...
Moyo: Predominantly Madi, Mt. Oce (arguably Tallest in West Nile), Nyeri, Ilo, Metu Hills and Caves, Fort Dufile, Laropi Ferry Crossing for about 14 minutes, Era Forest, Moki Springs, Arapi Limestone Factory, Dolo Island (with black and white collobus monkeys, birds plus reptiles)...
Nebbi: Alurland (Emblem is Leopard), Biku Hill near Goli (Smallest Church on Earth), Paidha Hill, Agwara Dance...
Obongi: Opi Island, Boat cruise (Sailing), Comboni Missionaries Farm (Agrotourism), Sportfishing, Waka Forest, Obongi Ferry...
Orientale Province (DR Congo): There are about six Lugbara clans in former Zaire; many place names actually have meanings in Ugandan Lugbara...
Pakwach: Albert Nile Bridge, Wang Lei (Separation point of Alur and Acholi ancestors), Owiny(i) Total Solar Eclipse Monument (Sunday 3rd November 2013), Fort Emin Pasha in Wadelai...
Republic of South Sudan (ROSS): According to Madi oral tradition, their tribe came from Nigeria and moved eastwards. At Rejaf near present-day Juba, a woman broke away at lunchtime to look for her missing lugba [desert dates] which she had wrapped in leaves. The group that moved southwards with her were called "Lugba ni" by the Madi just like Lugbara call Baganda "A'bua (ni) [Bananas]". Lugbara is spoken in the republic and is related to Madi plus other Central Sudanic languages eg Avukaya, Keliko, Logo, Moru, etc...
Terego: Headquarters at Leju, Mt. Wati, Ujuku Hill, Olewa Falls, Onayi, Tooth Can Lost, Leju Stadium...
Vurra: Ovisoni, URA Customs, Isara Memorial Cultural and Community Library (IMCCL), Ezuku Forest Reserve (Source of River Enyau), Agoi Falls, Laura Hill, Meridien Tobacco Company, Logiri Forest, Bondo Hills...
Yumbe: Aringa dialect is considered Low Lugbara (differences are not too many) though the clan broke away as a tribe on its own (as shown by 1995 Uganda Constitution) - Try comparing British, Jamaican, Nigerian, Ugandan and American English (Spellings, pronunciations and slang can separate them, but mutually intelligible), Lodonga Basilica (1st in Sub-Saharan Africa though 4th Oldest on the continent with annual pilgrimage every 8th December), Yumbe Hospital, Agbinika Falls, Dubu Falls...
Zombo: Nyagak Hydropower Project, River Ora, Mt. Zeu, Alur Kingdom Palace, Tomb of Ubimo Jalwere Jalusiga (considered 1st Agofe of Lugbara Kari) and Chief Ajai, Agrotourism, Ngbungbu Falls, etc.

(CC) Aiko (Y2K-Now)