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Health
Rising water treatment costs worry NWSC
FORT PORTAL – The National Water and Sewerage Corporation [ NWSC ] is frightened by the high costs involved in treating the water sourced from River Mpanga, which they say, is highly…
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News
Child killed as mudslide hits kitchen in Kabarole district
KABAROLE – A mudslide has hit a kitchen in Kabango village in Karangura Sub-county Kabarole district, killing a one-and-a-half-year-old child and leaving another injured. The incident happened on Sunday night after a…
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LEGS project improving lives of farmers in rural areas, says minister Magyezi
FORT PORTAL – The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magezi has said the Local Economic Growth Support [ LEGS ] project is on track to improve the lives of more than one…
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Health
Ebola outbreak: Kabarole RDC urges locals to be vigilant
KABAROLE– The Kabarole Resident District Commissioner, Festus Bandeeba has asked locals in his district to be vigilant and report any suspected cases of Ebola to the authorities. Bandeeba who doubles as the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fort Portal city groups yet to access PDM cash
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal groups are yet to access money under the Parish Development Model [PDM] because they haven’t held their Annual General Meetings [AGMs] which is one of the requirements…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tooro dairy cooperative gets Shs 1bln machine for value addition
FORT PORTAL – Tooro Dairy Cooperative Society Limited has received an ultra-high temperature [UHT] machine worth about Shs1 billion, under Operation Wealth Creation [OWC] for value addition. The cooperative society’s manager, Micheal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole Emyooga SACCO leaders arrested, forced to refund cash
KBAROLE-Officials in Kabarole district led by the Resident District Commissioner, Festus Bandeeba arrested Sacco leaders over mismanagement of Emyooga money and recovered Shs7.6 million while some Shs 25mln is yet to be…
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Western
Senior cleric urges Tooro kingdom subjects to live in peace and harmony
KABAROLE-Religious subjects in Tooro Kingdom have been asked to desist from spreading divisionism but rather live in peace and harmony to bolster the kingdom’s development. While preaching at the thanksgiving service on…
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News
Mayhem in Kasese with 16 dead, six injured and one missing in tell-tale flooding
The Tuesday mudslide coming after a heavy downpour in Kasese district’s Rukooki sub-county has left 16 people confirmed dead as rescue workers continue to look for bodies under the debris. Some six…
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Rise in malaria cases worry Kabarole leaders
KABAROLE- Leaders in Kabarole and Fort Portal city are worried over the increase in malaria cases, saying the figures are alarming. Current statistics indicate that the malaria positivity rate for Kabarole district…
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