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News
Masaka officials remanded over theft of PDM Money
MASAKA, December 10, 2024 — Two parish chiefs, John Rogers Mutebi, and Joseph Bbale, alongside John Baptist Matovu, the Masaka District Agricultural Officer and Focal Person for the Parish Development Model [PDM)…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Investment of over US$ 500mln cuts HIV/AIDS infections in Uganda
MASAKA, September 17, 2024 — An annual investment of over US$500 million [approximately Shs 1.85 trillion] by the American government has significantly reduced HIV/AIDS infections in Uganda, according to U.S. Ambassador to…
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PDM beneficiaries suffer losses as strange disease kills over 10,000 chicken in Masaka City
MASAKA, August 2, 2024 – The Parish Development Model [PDM] beneficiary poultry farmers in Masaka City are worried following an outbreak of a strange viral poultry disease that has claimed over 10,000…
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Parliament: Gov’t Chief Whip makes final changes to sectoral committees
KAMPALA, July 24, 2024 – The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has designated new leaders and members to the sectoral committees of Parliament in accordance with rules 187 and 188 of…
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Poverty alleviation: Buganda Kingdom urges govt to priotise cooperatives
MASAKA, July 22, 2024 – Buganda kingdom has advised government that ending poverty in communities will not be achieved if poverty alleviation programmes like Emyooga and the Parish Development Model [PDM] are not…
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Census officials in Masaka finding it hard to count fishermen
MASAKA, May 13, 2024 – Census officials in Masaka district are being challenged as they take fishermen on the landing sites through the enumeration process following a rise in the water levels…
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NBRB develops fire safety tool to curb fire risks in schools
MASAKA, March 25, 2024 – The National Building Review Board [NBRB] has developed an online fire safety self-assessment kit to facilitate the assessment of fire safety, safety readiness, and fire risk management…
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Africa
Kyotera: Chicken prices hike as govt bans eating of beef due to anthrax
KYOTERA, December 13, 2023 – The prices for live chicken and related meat have gone up in Kyotera district after authorities imposed a two-month quarantine on livestock and beef trade, aimed at…
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Agriculture
Quarantine in Kyotera as anthrax hits
KYOTERA, December 5, 2023 – Authorities in Kyotera district have imposed a quarantine on the movement of cattle and, the sale of beef and dairy products following an outbreak of anthrax which…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Buganda launches initiative encouraging pupils to save
MASAKA, November 21, 2023 – Buganda Kingdom, through its Project to Empower Women through Savings and Loan Associations [PEWOSA], has launched a new project codenamed ‘’PEWOSA Toto’’ to encourage pupils in Greater…
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