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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister urges Kasese farmers to grow Arabica coffee
KASESE, October 12, 2023 – The State Minister for Agriculture, Fredrick Bwino Kyakulaga has urged farmers in Kasese district to grow more Arabica coffee and add value to it in order to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole district leaders cite corruption in disbursement of PDM funds
KABAROLE, October 3, 2023 – Leaders in Kabarole district in western Uganda have accused LCII chairpersons, SACCO chairpersons, and parish chiefs of corruption, saying they demand kickbacks from the beneficiaries of the…
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Western
NDA impounds drugs worth Shs 300mln
FORT PORTAL, September 27, 2023 – The National Drug Authority [NDA] in a joint targeted operation with police has impounded drugs worth Shs 300 million and arrested seven suspects in connection with…
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Western
Tayebwa asks King Oyo to help fight poverty through PDM
FORT PORTAL, September 13, 2023 – The deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the King of Tooro Kingdom, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV to be a partner in promoting…
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Western
Ntoroko district gets facilities for value addition
NTOROKO, September 7, 2023 – Government under the Local Economic Growth Support [LEGS] Project has constructed maize, coffee, and rice agro-processing facilities in Ntoroko district to improve on value addition. According to…
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Western
Rwenzori vanilla farmers decry low prices
NTOROKO – Due to the low prices being offered by buyers, vanilla farmers in Ntoroko district and Rwenzori Sub-region at large have threatened to abandon the crop and go for other high-value…
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Western
Fighting climate change: Farmers urged to embrace agroecology
FORT PORTAL – Farmers in Fort Portal City and the rest of Rwenzori Sub region have been urged to embrace agroecology as one way of addressing the current global threats caused by…
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Western
NDA builds capacity of herbalists in Tooro Kingdom
FORT PORTAL – National Drug Authority [NDA] in partnership with Tooro Kingdom has trained more than 100 herbalists to ensure the production of safe herbal medicines. According to the NDA public relations…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP urges Fort Portal parents to embrace PDM
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal City Woman Member of Parliament, Irene Linda Mugisa has asked poor parents in the city to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] to improve household incomes. She…
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Western
Kasese district boss rallies residents to embrace gov’t programmes
KASESE – Kasese district LCV chairperson, Erifaz Muhindi has appealed to the residents in the district to embrace government programmes such as the Parish Development Model [PDM] and others if they are…
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