Geoffrey Onyanga
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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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News
Northern Uganda: Leaders ask govt to find lasting solution to cattle rustling
KIRA- Local leaders in Northern Uganda have advised the government to find a permanent solution to the Karimojong cattle raids that have left some people losing their lives. Among others, the leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP Olobo wants PDM forms translated into local languages
AMOLATAR – Kioga North County Member of Parliament, James Olobo Dubai has urged the government to translate the Parish Development Model [PDM] forms into local languages, saying most of the beneficiaries don’t…
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Agriculture
Lira City farmer suffers loss as floods submerge fish ponds
LIRA -The chief executive officer of Telela Agri-tourism Farm, one of the progressive farmers in the Lango Sub- region, Tom Anyii is counting losses after recent floods submerged some of his fish…
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Development
Cassava farmers to bake bread and cakes
LIRA – A total of 400 cassava farmers in the Lango Sub-region are to be trained in baking cassava bread and cakes, among other snacks, in a move expected to boost household…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amolatar receives Shs 4bln PDM funds
AMOLATAR-A total of 85 Parish Development Model SACCOs [PDM SACCOs] in Amolatar district have so far received Shs 4 billion released in the first and second quarter of the current financial year.…
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Education
Excitement in Alebtong as construction of Shs 2.5bln secondary school is launched
ALEBTONG – Residents of Adwir Sub-county in Alebtong district are excited that learners in the area will no longer have to walk long distances in search of secondary education following the launch…
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Agriculture
Nairobi University links with Lango farmers to boost cassava production
LIRA-The University of Nairobi in Kenya in partnership with the National Agricultural Organisation [NAIRO] is running a project to help farmers in the Lango Sub-region to increase cassava production. The project, ‘Strengthening…
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Health
Lira University receives medical equipment worth Shs 200mln
LIRA– Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] has donated medical equipment worth 200 million to Lira University Teaching Hospital. According to officials, the medical equipment will help fight malnutrition in the communities,…
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