Yakubu Kitunzi
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Health
Busolwe General Hospital renovation starts
BUTALEJA -The long-awaited refurbishment and equipping of the 57-year old Busolwe General Hospital in Butaleja district has begun. The hospital built in 1968, is among the dilapidated health facilities in the country as no…
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Environment
UPDF, local gov’ts to promote orchard farming in Mount-Elgon region
MBALE-The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces [ UPDF ] has partnered with the local governments including Mbale city, Manafwa and Mbale districts to promote orchard farming and environmental conservation in the Mount Elgon…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tororo: Processing facilities lie idle over lack of electricity
TORORO – Milling facilities established in Tororo district by government to process farmers’ produce into finished products lie unused due to lack of electricity. Naweyo Farmers’ Group in Sop Sop Subcounty are…
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News
Tororo leaders call for transparency, accountability in local revenue collection
TORORO – The leaders in Tororo Municipal Council have called for transparency and accountability in local revenue collection The leaders made the remarks during a stakeholder’s engagement in regard to the ongoing…
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Education
Pupils, teachers share one latrine in Namisindwa as classrooms remain inadequate
NAMISINDWA-Namisindwa district has a shortage of latrines in most government-aided schools, running under Universal Primary Education [UPE] programme, our investigation reveals. At Butsebangwe Primary School in Namabya Sub-county, 500 pupils, including seven…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugwere cultural leader urges subjects to embrace poverty eradication programmes
KIBUKU– The Bugwere cultural leader [Ikumbania], His Highness Geoffrey Wayabire has rallied SACCO group leaders from the four districts of Budaka, Kibuku, Butebo, and Pallisa to support and engage their subordinates so…
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Health
Over Shs 5.7bln availed to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children
KAMPALA-The Government of Japan has provided a US$ 1.5 million [ Shs 5,710,860,000] contribution to the United Nations Children’s Agency [UNICEF], to support Uganda to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children…
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Environment
Tororo residents launch drive to plant over two mln trees to save river
TORORO-Residents of Tororo district have embarked on planting over two million trees in a campaign aimed at saving the environment, particularly Aturukuru stream. The residents mainly from Eastern Division in Tororo Municipality…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sebei coop new leaders demand compensation, promise openness
KAPCHORWA-In a bid to revamp the union, Emmy Geoffrey Sayekwo, the newly elected chairperson of Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union [SECU] has asked government to compensate them for the loss of union properties.…
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Environment
Resistance as gov’t launches wetland restoration in Tororo district
TORORO-Communities bordering major wetlands in Tororo district in eastern Uganda are resisting government’s move of demarcating wetlands. The government through the Ministry of Water and Environment has reportedly secured support under green…
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