Geoffrey Onyanga
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt committed to disbursing PDM funds, says gov’t chief whip
ALEBTONG – The Government of Uganda is committed to disbursing funds for the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] and Emyooga Programme in a bid to improve people`s livelihoods, according to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NWC boss urges women to embrace PDM
OYAM – The deputy executive secretary of the National Women`s Council [ NWC ], Emilly Akulo Omara has urged women in the country to embrace the Parish development Model [PDM], saying the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Amongi asks women to embrace PDM
OYAM – The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development [MGLSD], Betty Amongi has urged women council leaders in Oyam district to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] as a driver that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Use PDM money to embrace commercial production, MP Alyek
KOLE – The Kole district Woman Member of Parliament, Judith Alyek has urged communities to use the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds to embrace commercial production so that they get out of…
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Agriculture
Lango, Teso farmers embrace growing iron-rich beans
LIRA – Farmers in the Lango and Teso sub-regions have started the production of iron-rich beans, alongside orange sweet potatoes, and green vegetables such as Sukuma wiki to improve nutrition in their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bishop Olwa asks Museveni for tractors
OTUKE- The Bishop of Lango Diocese, Prof. Alfred Olwa has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to procure 10 tractors for the diocese, saying they would help boost agricultural production in its archdeaconries.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni boosts Otuke SACCOs with Shs 100mln
OTUKE – President Yoweri Museveni has pledged Shs 100 million donation to support Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Otuke district. Museveni offered the donation as he camped in the Lango…
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News
Karimojong cattle raids: Museveni directs compensation of victims
LIRA – President Yoweri Museveni has directed that people killed or injured during cattle raids carried out by the Karimojong warriors in Lango, Acholi, and Teso sub-regions be compensated. Meeting political, religious…
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Agriculture
Funding crippling mass food, seed production
LIRA– The government`s recently launched strategic mass food and seed productions in the country has been affected by poor release of funds in the first planting season. Dr. Laban Turygenda, the director…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira rice farmers push planting to June as floods submerge fields
LIRA – A number of farmers under Itek Okile Rice Growers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society [IORGMCS] in Itek Subcounty, Lira district say they will now plant in June after recent floods submerged rice…
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