Peter Kugonza
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Education
20 girls qualify for TotalEnergies scholarships
BULIISA – 20 girls from vulnerable families from the oil-rich districts of Buliisa and Nwoya have a reason to smile after they qualified for TotalEnergies EP Uganda scholarships. The beneficiaries qualified following…
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News
Hoima: Leaders call for probe into brutal eviction of Kapapi residents
HOIMA– Leaders in Hoima district have condemned the recent brutal eviction of over 1,000 people in Kapapi and Kiganja sub-counties in Kigorobya County, Hoima district, calling it an inhuman act that needs…
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Finance & Banking
UDB readies Shs 18.3bln for 19 projects in Bunyoro
HOIMA– At least 19 projects in Bunyoro Sub-region that need cheap loans will benefit from Shs 18.3 billion offered by Uganda Development Bank [UDB], with the projects expected to create 432 jobs…
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Banyoro disagree with govt over compensation of ‘Baganda’ absent landlords
KAKUMIRO – A group of activists under the umbrella Mubende Bunyoro Committee [MBC] are not happy that government decided to compensate ‘Baganda’absent landlords instead of the Banyoro who are the rightful owners…
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Energy & Mining
Hoima market vendors protest as UMEME cuts off power
HOIMA– Business at Hoima Central Market in Hoima City was paralysed on Tuesday as vendors closed their businesses to protest UMEME’s disconnection of the market from the power grid. During the half-day…
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Agriculture
Govt donates 13 tractors to farmers in Bunyoro
KAKUMKIRO-Farmers in Bunyoro Sub-region have a reason to smile after they received 13 tractors from the government to engage in commercial agriculture. The 13 tractors are part of the mechanisation machinery, which…
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Leaders ask Museveni to intervene in Kikuube land row
KIKUUBE– Leaders in Kikuube district have asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to resettle more than 1,000 people who have since February last year pitched camp at the offices of the Kikuube resident…
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Education
Hoima City schools celebrate impressive performance in 2022 PLE
HOIMA-Parents, Teachers, and pupils in Hoima City are over the moon over the impressive performance in the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations [ PLE ]. In different schools that this reporter visited, parents,…
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WFP commissions Shs 5. 5bln housing project for staff
KIKUUBE– The UN World Food Programme [WFP] has commissioned a Shs 5.5 billion housing project in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district to provide accommodation for its staff serving in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement.…
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HOIMA: Four suspected car robbers remanded to prison
HOIMA– Four youthful suspects have been remanded to Kiryateete government prison in Hoima City over their alleged involvement in the rampant theft of cars in Bunyoro Sub-region. Three out of the four…
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