Peter Kugonza
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News
Kikuube district officials, labourers feud over pay
KIKUUBE– Kikuube district officials were recently forced to pay local labourers Shs 8 million after the intervention of resident district commissioner Amlam Tumusiime. Last year, the district environmental department contracted 160 locals…
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Development
Kikuube councilors reject plan to give free land to judiciary
KIKUUBE-The Kikuube district executive [DEC] and councilors have disagreed over a proposal to offer free land measuring two acres to the judiciary for the establishment of a prison, directorate of public prosecutions…
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Energy & Mining
Gov’t renews Oranto Petroleum license to drill more oil wells in Albertine Graben
KIKUUBE-Oranto Petroleum Limited resumed its activities to explore the commercial viability of oil reserves established at Ngasa oil field in the Albertine Graben after the government renewed its license. Oranto Petroleum Limited…
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Development
Construction of Kabaale Airport stalls as minister says contractor misused money
HOIMA-The construction of Kabaale International Airport in the oil-rich Kabaale Sub-county, Hoima district has stalled due to the unavailability of funds to construct facilities such as the fixed air traffic control tower.…
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Bunyoro land grabbers accused of targeting Land Fund
KIKUUBE– Locals in the oil-rich Bunyoro Sub-region are concerned that land grabbers are targeting to illegally benefit from the Land Fund established by government to pay absentee landlords whose land is occupied…
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Environment
Saving chimpanzees: Gov’t urged to be strict on conserving forests
KIKUUBE- Government has been told not to keep a blind eye to perpetrators who destroy forests in the country since among other roles, forests act as habitats for chimpanzees considered to be…
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Minister Mayanja directs Hoima Sugar Limited to compensate evictees
KIKUUBE– The State Minister for Lands, Dr. Sam Mayanja has restored hope for 300 families living in Kigyayo Internally displaced people’s [IDP] camp in Kizirafumbi Sub-county, Kikuube district after he directed that…
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Hoima farmers worried as strange disease ravages cassava farms
HOIMA-Farmers in Kigorobya Sub-county, Hoima district are counting losses following the outbreak of a strange disease that is ravaging cassava gardens. The disease affects the plant as it matures, causing the tubers…
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Agriculture
UPDF goes for commercial maize production in fight against food insecurity
KIKUUBE-The Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] has joined efforts of ensuring food security in the country by launching commercial production of maize, soybeans, and sorghum The UPDF Spokesperson, Brig Gen. Felix Kulayigye…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Review contracts to settle disputes, MTIC official urges Hoima Sugar Limited and farmers
KIKUUBE– A senior official from the Ministry of Trade, industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] wants Hoima Sugar Limited and cane out-growers in Kikuube district to revise their contracts if the long-standing disputes between…
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