Peter Kugonza
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Energy & Mining
Construction of oil facilities in Albertine Grabben at 30 percent
KIKUUBE-The construction of different infrastructural facilities in the Albertine Grabben to be used in the production of Uganda’s first oil by 2025 has taken shape with 30 percent progress, according to officials.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MPs urge gov’t to give farmers electricity for value addition
HOIMA -The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has expressed concern about the value addition processing facilities, which were constructed by the government, but are not connected to the electricity grid, making it hard…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nabbanja urges Muslim community in Uganda to embrace PDM
HOIMA-The Muslim Community in Uganda have been challenged to embrace the Parish Developmental Model [PDM] if they are to fight household poverty. Robinah Nabbanja, Uganda’s Prime Minister, said the PDM, now being…
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News
Buliisa residents petition UWA over destruction of crops by elephants
BULIISA-Over 1,380 residents living near Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa district have asked the Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] to act and stop elephants and buffaloes from invading their communities. In their…
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Bunyoro sect wants its book used in teaching learners in schools
KAGADI– The new leader of the religious sect, Faith of Unity Movement, Omukwenda Akugizibwe Bisaka wants its book to be included among those being used to teach faith in schools, especially in…
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Environment
Bugoma Forest Reserve boundary opening resumes
KIKUUBE– Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the National Forestry Authority [ NFA ] has resumed the process of reopening the boundary of Bugoma Forest…
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Kikuube soldiers extort money from poor farmers
Security agencies in the Albertine Region are investigating soldiers accused of extorting money from poor farmers before they can allow them to harvest their crops on Hoima Sugar land. Over 200 farmers levelled…
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Energy & Mining
Over 100 youth in Bunyoro qualify to train as truck drivers in oil and gas sector
HOIMA– 110 youth from Bunyoro Kitara kingdom have a reason to smile after they qualified to learn to drive heavy trucks that will be used in the oil and gas sector. The…
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Local communities on shores of Lake Albert get Shs 1.6bln water project
KIKUUBE-The local communities on the shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district have a reason to smile as they will no longer use contaminated water, following…
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Hoima tycoons accused of grabbing land from the poor snub district meeting
HOIMA– The tycoons who are alleged to have illegally processed or were in the process of obtaining land titles outside the law did not show up for the meeting organised on Monday…
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