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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Boda-boda Riders Curse Politicians
GULU – About 22,000 Gulu boda-boda riders allied to Gulu City Boda- Boda Association are directing their anger at politicians, who they say used them, months to the January 14 general election…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lamwo Farmers In Panic As Rains Come
LAMWO – About 520 Lamwo farmers are afraid that flooding from heavy rains could portend another bad season and harvest. Most of the apprehensive farmers are within Agoro irrigation scheme and are…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Growing Tea Will Get You Rich
GULU – UPDF soldiers on the cusp of retirement have been advised to keep themselves active by growing tea. “Tea takes more than a hundred years when one is still harvesting money…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Northern Uganda: Watermelon prices double due to scarcity
The price of watermelon in Northern Uganda is on the rise following scarcity of the crop occasioned by heavy rains that destroyed several acres of melon while it was still in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
500 farmers stuck in Lamwo as ministry delays repairs at irrigation scheme
More than 500 farmers under Agoro Self-help Irrigation Cooperative Society Ltd in Lamwo district have not been able to carry out any farming this season due to a delay in repairing the…
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Join cooperatives to save your business, produce buyers advised
Produce buyers in Acholi sub region have been advised to join cooperatives if they are to remain in business. The advice was given by Nwoya District Commercial Officer Kenneth Kitara, after receiving…
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Cooperatives & Communities
New tea growing initiative launched in Gulu
Edwin Foundation Tea Initiative, in partnership with the Gulu district local government, has launched tea growing in Gulu district. Speaking at the launch of tea growing at Lugore Prison Farm over the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak sugar factory hungry for cane as production kicks off
Barely two weeks after the long awaited sugar production at Atiak Sugar factory in Amuru district kicked off, the factory is already facing a supply shortage of sugar cane. According to Amina…
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News
Money changers smile as business at Elegu border starts to pick up
Money changers at Elegu one-stop border point, Atiak Sub County in Amuru district, have reason to smile as business slowly returns to normal. Majority of the money changers were pushed out of…
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News
Mixed reactions as boda bodas allowed to resume passenger transport
There were mixed reactions among bodaboda riders in Gulu district as President Museveni allowed them to resume passenger transport come 27th of this month. While addressing the nation on Tuesday, President Museveni,…
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