Joshua Nahamya
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News
One confirmed dead as hailstorms hit families in Rwampara district
RWAMPARA-One person was confirmed dead as hailstorms devastated about 1,500 households in Rwampara district, putting locals in danger of facing famine in the months ahead, after their crop gardens were destroyed. According…
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Agriculture
Ntungamo man reaps big from pineapple business
NTUNGAMO– Justus Tayebwa, 31, a resident of Nyaruhama village, Nyongozi parish, Itojo Nyamukana town council, Ntungamo district does not regret why he ventured into the business of growing pineapples, stating that it…
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Environment
Ibanda Municipality seeks Shs 4.5bln to work on dangerous gullies
IBANDA-Ibanda Municipality badly needs Shs 4.5 billion to address the problem of soil erosion that has created dangerous gullies in the town, putting people’s lives at risk. According to Apollo Kibeherere, mayor…
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Health
Mbarara market vendors fear Ebola outbreak
MBARARA – Following the outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district that has claimed the lives of some people including medical workers, vendors in Mbarara Central Market now fear the deadly disease could…
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News
Mbarara Central Market vendors reject proposed fees
MBARARA-Vendors operating in the new Mbarara Central Market have boycotted the different fees that the city council leadership has proposed, saying they were never consulted about the same. This happened last Friday…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ntungamo pineapple farmers cry out to gov’t as factory stops operations
NTUNGAMO-Farmers who embraced commercial pineapple growing in Itojo Sub-county and Nyamukana town council in Ntungamo are now crying to the government to help them find buyers after a local juice-processing factory failed…
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Health
NDA arrests notorious drug dealers in Kampala
KAMPALA-The National Drug Authority [NDA] yesterday netted suspected drug dealers in Nabulagala, Kampala. According to NDA’s Abiaz public relations manager, Abiaz Rwamwiri, a one Francis Hafishimana together with other six accomplices were…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni impressed by Emyooga, insists PDM will be funded
ENTEBBE– President Museveni has encouraged Ugandans to embrace government development programmes such as Emyooga and others if they are to get out of poverty. Museveni made the remarks recently while addressing the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sheema dairy farmers abandon milk facility donated by gov’t
SHEEMA –Dairy farmers in Sheema district have rejected a milk cooler installed by government over 10 years ago to boost production and marketing of the farm product. The fully-fledged 300-litre capacity milk…
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Technology
Mbarara University students develop organic fertiliser
MBARARA– Students in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies [FIS], Mbarara University of Science and Technology [MUST] have developed an organic fertiliser out of animal waste and plants. The new I-soft fertiliser was…
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