Patrick Odongo
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pastoralists lose 500 livestock to tick-borne disease in Kaabong
Karimojong pastoralists in Kotido and Kaabong district in north eastern Uganda are currently frustrated by the rampant death of livestock due to tick-borne disease. Over 500 heads of cattle have so far…
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Lucrative secret trade threatens donkey populations in Karamoja, Turkana
Leaders of Turkana County Assembly in Kenya have appealed to the government of Uganda to stop the ongoing booming trade of donkeys between the neighbouring Karimojong and Turkana pastoralists’ communities. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amudat bee farmers appeal for honey processing plant
Bee farmers in Amudat district in Karamoja sub region have appealed to the government and any well-wishers to provide them with a honey processing plant in order to boost their income through…
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Karimojong slowly embracing Friesian cattle
When the team from Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) introduced the distribution of goats and Friesian cows to the people of Karamoja, many in the community were sceptical that the breed would survive…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers advised against buying seedlings from open markets
Farmers in Sebei region in the eastern Uganda have been advised not to buy seedlings from companies that have not signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sebei Elgon cooperative. The call…
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Ease COVID-19 trade restrictions, Karamoja Private Sector boss appeals
The director of the Karamoja Private Sector Promotion Center, Jimmy Lomokol, has appealed to the government to ease restrictions on trade in Karamoja so as to forestall an impending food crisis. Uganda’s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers desperate as floods destroy gardens in Serere district.
Serere district in Teso region in Eastern part of Uganda could face a major food crisis, as the ongoing heavy rains continue to ravage the sub counties that constitute the district’s main…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti fruits factory management calls for ban on juice concentrate imports
The management of Soroti Fruits Factory has called upon government to ban all the importation of juice concentrates in order to promote local consumption of the factory’s all-Ugandan concentrate. According to the…
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Karamoja traders welcome the re-opening of the Moroto- Nakapiripirit- Mbale road
Traders from Karamoja have described as a relief, the reopening of Moroto- Mbale- Muyembe road, saying that it will ease access to bigger markets and reduce their cost of doing business. The…
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Irish Potato farmers in Bukwo decry ‘death’ of markets due to COVID19
Irish potato farmers in Bukwo District in eastern Uganda are counting losses due to lack of market for their produce following the COVID19-lockdown that has made their traditional markets inaccessible. The farmers…
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