Month: July 2022

Standard Chartered reports record US$ 581mln operating profits in Africa and Middle East

DUBAI-Standard Chartered PLC [the Group], with operations in Uganda, has released its financial results for the first half of the year ending 30 June 2022, earning good profits. In the Africa and…

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Draft amendments don’t align with Co-op Principles on many points: NCUI

NEW DELHI– Reacting to the draft amendments to Multi-State Cooperative Societies  [MSCS] Act 2002, circulated to the national federations in India by the Ministry of Cooperation, several representatives of member institutions of…

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High demand for timber escalates deforestation in Masaka district

MASAKA– Masaka district forest department has expressed concern over the increasing demand for timber, which has resulted in the rampant destruction of forests in the district. Masaka District Forest Officer, Willy Bbaale…

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Bunyoro sugarcane farmers form cooperative union

MASINDI-Sugarcane farmers from Bunyoro Sub-region have come together to form Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union Limited, according to Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district LCV Chairperson, who is also a member of the…

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Ministers ask farmers to invest in tree seedlings in Northern Uganda

GULU-The State for Environmental, Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in Northern Uganda to invest in tree seedlings if they are to develop their farms at a low cost. Addressing the stakeholders’…

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MPs quiz Masaka hospital boss over Shs 2.5bln inflated contract

KAMPALA-Legislators on Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts-Central Government have tasked the former director of Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Dr Nathan Onyachi to explain why he spent an extra Shs Shs2.5 billion not…

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Legislators want prisoners to get better pay for labour

KAMPALA– Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are not happy with the little money paid to the prisoners after they have offered hard labour outside the correctional centres. The…

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AEO 2022: AfDB and IMF experts stress urgency for climate financing for Africa

African Development Bank [AfDB] and International Monetary Fund [IMF] experts have stressed the urgency of mobilising climate financing for Africa during a panel discussion on the African Development Bank’s 2022 African Economic…

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PAG Mission Hospital gets modern theater

LIRA– PAG Mission Hospital in Lira City has constructed a modern operating theater to serve people in Lango Sub-region. The theater, named Dr. Herbert Ros Operating Theater, was constructed with funding from…

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Masaka wetlands degraded due to inadequate funding- top official

MASAKA– More than 42 square kilometres of the wetlands’ buffer zones in Masaka district have been degraded due to a lack of enough funds for monitoring and enforcement of regulations, a senior…

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