Peter Kugonza
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Western
Entice youth to embrace commercial agriculture, farmers’ organisations urged
HOIMA – Farmers’ organisations operating in the Bunyoro Sub-region have been urged to mobilise and encourage the youth in the area to embrace commercial agriculture. Innocent Aliguma, the community development officer for Kyabigambire…
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Agriculture
Bunyoro farmers irked as fake agro-inputs flood market
HOIMA – As the second planting season of the year kicks in, farmers in Bunyoro Sub-region have appealed to the government to intervene and get rid of the fake agro-inputs on the…
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Western
Lack of land delays establishment of Bunyoro University
HOIMA – The taskforce committee which was appointed by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni to spearhead the establishment of the proposed Bunyoro University says they are struggling to…
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Western
Gov’t to buy bicycles for parish chiefs
KIKUUBE – Government plans to procure bicycles for parish chiefs to ease their movement as they monitor the Parish Development Model [PDM]. While launching the disbursement of PDM funds in Kikuube district…
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Western
50 youth get ready for opportunities in oil and gas sector
HOIMA – About 50 youth in the oil-rich Albertine region have been empowered with skills that should help them take advantage of the opportunities in the oil and gas sector. The one-month…
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Western
Fishermen on Lake Albert robbed
HOIMA – Police in the Albertine region are investigating a robbery incident in which suspected militiamen from the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] robbed Ugandan fishermen on the waters of Lake Albert. Speaking…
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Western
Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom subjects warned against neglecting other sectors in favour of oil and gas
KIKUUBE – Subjects of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom have been warned against abandoning other sectors in favour of the nascent oil and gas sector whose activities could see Uganda produce its first oil in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kikuube dairy farmers decry low milk prices
KIKUUBO – Dairy farmers in Kikuube district are concerned over the continuous decline of milk prices, saying the enterprise is no longer profitable. Charles Rwobushesi, a dairy farmer in Kyarushesha village in…
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Western
Kikuube leaders appeal to Museveni over misery of 2,000 evictees
KIKUUBE – Leaders in Kikuube district have asked President Museveni to intervene and resettle 2,000 people who were evicted from their land in Bukinda parish, Kyangwali Sub-county. The call by the leaders…
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Environment
Buliisa local leaders worried over persistent attacks by elephants
BULIISA – Local Communities neighboring the Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa district have expressed concern over the continuous invasion of elephants which they say have killed some people in some areas.…
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