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Fort Portal City grappling with Shs 10bln debt
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal City is currently struggling to pay a debt of about Shs 10 billion as compensation for damages arising out of about 60 court cases the institution has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga SACCOs urged to apply for permanent registration
FORT PORTAL -Emyooga SACCO leaders from Rwenzori Sub-region have been advised to prepare and apply for permanent registration before their probation certificates expire. Joseph Lutalo the assistant registrar of cooperatives in the…
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UNBS tips Kabarole food processors on quality standards
FORT PORTAL – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] has advised processors in Fort Portal City and Kabarole district to adhere to quality standards if they want their products to be…
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Vendors lose millions as fire guts Kitagwenda market
KITAGWENDA: Vendors who have been operating from Kitagwenda central market in Kitagwenda town council are crying foul after the market caught fire burning all their goods to ashes. The fire that gutted…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kasese cotton growers attribute poor yields to bad weather
KASESE -Cotton farmers and cooperators in Kasese district have blamed poor yields on bad weather, which they say has also resulted in low incomes. Farmers say heavy rains which went up to…
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Kitagwenda residents ask gov’t to repair major bridge
KITAGWENDA-Traders and farmers in Kitagwenda district have appealed to government to repair the bridge connecting Kitagwenda and Kamwenge districts after it was destroyed by River Mpanga which burst its banks in November…
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Education
Over 200 youth passed out at Tooro Zonal Industrial Hub
KYENJOJO – On Monday, a total of 201 youth graduated at Tooro Zonal Industrial Hub in Kijwiga village Kyenjojo district after completing training in bakery, block making and stone cutting, shoe making,…
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Holy Cross religious order gains provincial status
FORT PORTAL -The Congregation of Holy Cross in East Africa, a religious order in the Roman Catholic Church has been granted a provincial status. The Holy Cross of East Africa Province will…
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Finance ministry commissions regional treasury service centre in Kabarole
KABAROLE –The Ministry of Finance through the Accountant General’s Office Directorate of Financial Management Service has commissioned a regional treasury centre for the Rwenzori Sub-region to address challenges of network breakdown. Most…
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Agriculture
Let us work together, factory boss tells tea farmers
KABAROLE- Methuselah Kasukaali, the chairperson board of directors of Mpanga Growers’ Tea Factory has appealed to cooperate with the factory’s management, saying the good relationship will sustain the tea business. Kasukaali said…
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