Yosam Gucwaki
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hundreds displaced, farmers count losses as R. Kafu bursts its banks
MASINDI, November 14, 2023 – Hundreds of people in the four villages of Kayeera, Kimengo, Kibangya Myeeba, and Nyakarongo in Kimengo Sub-county, Masindi district have been displaced by floods as River Kafu…
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Western
Roads worth Shs 14bln to connect Kiryandongo residents to markets, others
KIRYANDONGO, November 13, 2023 – Residents and the leaders of Kiryandongo district are excited after the engineering department completed the construction of roads worth Shs 14 billion under the Uganda Support to…
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Western
Masindi residents grappling with unsafe water
MASINDI, November 9, 2023 – Residents of Kimengo Sub-county and Kijunjubwa town council in Masindi district are grappling with the lack of safe water sources, saying the prevalence of waterborne diseases is…
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Western
Masindi: Councillors, speaker clash over garbage collection
MASINDI, November 3, 2023 – A section of councillors at Masindi Municipal Council yesterday clashed with their speaker, Tadeo Opio after he ruled that James Ventures Uganda Limited, a company that was…
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Western
NFA updates Budongo Forest Management Plan
MASINDI, October 30, 2023 – The National Forestry Authority [NFA] has started the process of updating the Budongo Forest Reserve Management Plan which expired in 2019. According to Boaz Basigirenda, the range manager…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP faults Masindi district senior staff for denying her PDM data
MASINDI, October 12, 2023 – Florence Asiimwe, the Masindi district Woman Member of Parliament has faulted two staff of the local government for frustrating her oversight role, saying they have denied her…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi cooperatives perturbed as value addition facilities lie idle
MASINDI, October 10, 2023 – Two cooperatives including Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative in Bwijanga Sub-county and Bujenje Maize Farmers Cooperative in Bikonzi Sub-county are not utilising value addition facilities acquired under the Agriculture…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi teachers told to form SACCOs at school level
MASINDI, October 6, 2023 – Sam Peter Ayebale, the Principal Education Officer of Masindi Municipality has challenged teachers in the whole of Masindi district to form Savings and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] at the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kakumiro: PDM SACCOs to receive Shs 11bln
KAKUMIRO – The State Minister for Kampala, Kabuye Kyofatogabye officially launched the disbursement of a total of Shs 11 billion to the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Kakumiro district…
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Agriculture
MAK don urges Masindi farmers to work in groups
MASINDI – Prof. Samuel Majalija from Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resource and Biosecurity, has implored farmers in Bujenje County, Masindi district to form and work in groups if they…
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