Solomon Otim
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News
Lira market vendors protest delayed relocation of street vendors
LIRA– Lira Main Market vendors in Lira City are protesting the delayed reallocation of other vendors operating on the nearby streets, saying they are losing business to their rivals who don’t pay…
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Clergymen endorse new policy to weed out untrained pastors in Uganda
LIRA-Government has commenced a stakeholders’ consultative meeting to seek public views on the new religious policy intended to phase out the untrained pastors following numerous complaints about their conduct. The religious policy…
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Environment
Kwania wetland encroachers given five weeks to vacate
KWANIA-Authorities in Kwania district have given wetland encroachers five weeks to voluntarily vacate or face the strong arm of the law. About 9,460 hectares of wetland in Kwania have been depleted, out…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOS for peaceful retirement-university professor urges civil servants
KWANIA– Civil servants in Uganda can enhance their financial security if they form their own SACCOS that can help them while in retirement, according to Ojuka Onedo, a professor of Accounting and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira cooperative society asks gov’t to establish irrigation schemes
LIRA-Miromi Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Agali Sub-county Lira district wants government to establish sources of water, especially irrigation schemes for agricultural production in the country. A report conducted by Uganda Farmers Common…
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Cooperatives & Communities
‘Christ for You Ministry’ donates to PWD SACCO Karuma
KIRYANDONGO – Members of Persons with Disability SACCO Karuma in Karuma town council, Kiryandongo district on Tuesday received relief items from a group of wedded couples in the area dubbed ‘Christ for…
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Gen.Katumba warns politicians against sabotaging PDM
KOLE– The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has warned politicians in Lango Sub-region against sabotaging the Parish Development Model [PDM]. Katumba made the remarks on Saturday while addressing…
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Education
Alumni unveil Shs 700mln plan to revamp Aduku SS
KWANIA-The former students of Aduku SS under the umbrella of Aduku Secondary School Old Students Association [ASSOSA] have launched a fundraising drive to rehabilitate the dilapidated school structures. Dubbed “Cement Collection Drives…
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UPDF closes Ayera landing site over unlicenced fishing boats
KWANIA – The Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] fisheries protection unit has closed Ayera landing site in Atongtidi Sub-county in Kwania district over unlicenced fishing boats operating on Lake Kwania. The closure…
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Environment
Fighting climate change: Kwania district launches drive to plant trees at burial ceremonies
KWANIA-Kwania district leaders have launched a tree planting campaign at burial ceremonies in a bid to have communities contribute towards mitigating the effects of climate change. Under the arrangement, trees will be…
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