Month: November 2021

Chairman TULIPONA Veterans Association hunted for allegedly forging the seal and signature of Omukama

KIKUUBE – Gideon Tumwebaze, the Chairman of TULIPONA Veterans Association is being hunted for allegedly forging Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Solomon Gafabusa Iguru’s signature and seal with intent to grab land…

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Sheema: District Veterinary Officer calls for animal compensation policy

SHEEMA – Sheema District Veterinary Officer (DVO) has appealed to legislators to consider drafting the animal compensation policy. This comes at a time when the district is battling a number of animal…

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Nwoya locals, leaders reject trenches, demand for electric fence

NWOYA – Residents of five sub-counties in Nwoya district are demanding electric fence installation, instead of trenches being dug by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). In the past six months, 3,014 acres of…

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Oyam farmers desert Tochi Irrigation Scheme worth Shs28b

OYAM – Tochi Irrigation Scheme in Oyam district that the government constructed at the cost of Shs 28b to promote rice growing has been deserted after a portion got submerged into floods.…

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Poor state of multibillion Hoima Central Market worries leaders

HOIMA – Six years after construction of the Hoima Modern Market, local leaders have identified a number of anomalies with the structure that seem to affect the efficient running of business at…

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A ray of hope for demoralized members of Kigarama People’s SACCO as Pre-AGMs commence

BUHWEJU – Kigarama People’s SACCO are holding pre-Annual General Meeting (AGM) in preparation for the 2021/2021 AGM due in December,2021. According to Grace Rukumbagaza, the SACCO Chairman said, the exercise covers 6…

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Acholi MPs want tractors distributed in all parishes

ACHOLI – Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub-region want the government through the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Animal Husbandry to distribute tractors to farmers instead of hand hoes. Initially, the…

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Government to scaleup fish farming, says Adoa – Fisheries Minister

GULU – The Ugandan government is on a mission to take fish farming to every part of the country including parts without water bodies, the State Minister for Fisheries, Hellen Adoa has…

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Minister for Agriculture commissions two cassava factories in Nebbi

NEBBI – The State Minister for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga has commissioned two cassava factories in Nebbi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP). The commissioned factories are among the five…

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UNHCR boss calls for mobilization of funds to support education in refugee settlement areas

HOIMA – The country representative for United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Joel Boutroue, has called for the need to mobilize more funds to support the education of refugees and host…

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