Alexander Okori
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Eastern
FPU burns Shs 600mln illegal fishing gear on L. Kyoga
SERERE – The Uganda People’s Defence Force Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU] at Kagwara landing site in Serere district has burnt over 6,678 pieces of illegal fishing gear that were impounded during a three-month…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ngora: 58 PDM SACCOs stuck with cash in bank accounts
NGORA – A total of 58 Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [PDM SACCOs] in Ngora district are yet to distribute the funds to the beneficiaries despite the district launching…
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Eastern
Works Ministry launches Shs 4bln road construction works in Amuria
AMURIA – The Ministry of Works and Transport has launched the construction of community access roads measuring 23 kilometres in Amuria district. The roads include Alereke-Abia-Kuju [13km] in Kuju Sub-county, Sugur-Opam 4km…
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News
Tax revenue collection: Soroti City authorities in dilemma as tenderers underperform
SOROTI – Soroti City is losing over Shs 100mln monthly as a result of noncompliance among the tenderers and businesses that evade paying taxes, forcing authorities to think of what to do…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso faces looming hunger as crops wither away
SOROTI – Thousands of families in Teso Sub-region are fearing they could soon face hunger as unreliable rainfall in the area has resulted in crops planted in the first season of the…
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Technology
Teso farmers told to embrace artificial insemination
SOROTI – In a bid to boost the livestock, animal scientists in Teso Sub-region are calling on farmers to embrace artificial insemination programme introduced in the area. Animal scientists define artificial insemination…
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News
Agro-processing facilities lie idle in Kapelebyong district
KAPELEBYONG – Famers in Kapelebyong district are in agony as agro-processing facilities established about six years ago by government under the Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme-project 2 [CAIIP-II] lie idle. Among the agro-processing facilities…
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Finance & Banking
ACF: Teso farmers call for commercial banks to stick to 12 percent interest rate
SOROTI – Some farmers in Teso Sub-region have asked the Bank of Uganda to ensure that commercial banks stick to the annual 12 percent interest cap for loans taken under the Agricultural…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kumi district kicks off disbursing funds to PDM SACCOs
KUMI – Kumi district has started the disbursement of the Shs 4.5 billion to different SACCOs registered under the Parish Development Model [PDM], with a warning to the beneficiaries against mismanagement of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kalaki leaders ask govt to relax guidelines for accessing PDM cash
KALAKI – The leadership of Kalaki district in eastern Uganda has appealed to the government to soften the guidelines governing access to the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds by the beneficiaries. In…
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