Cooperatives & Communities
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Bunyoro sugarcane farmers form cooperative union
MASINDI-Sugarcane farmers from Bunyoro Sub-region have come together to form Bunyoro Sugarcane Farmers Cooperative Union Limited, according to Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district LCV Chairperson, who is also a member of the…
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Ministers ask farmers to invest in tree seedlings in Northern Uganda
GULU-The State for Environmental, Beatrice Atim Anywar has asked farmers in Northern Uganda to invest in tree seedlings if they are to develop their farms at a low cost. Addressing the stakeholders’…
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Legislators want prisoners to get better pay for labour
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are not happy with the little money paid to the prisoners after they have offered hard labour outside the correctional centres. The…
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Mbarara Market finally occupied after govt intervention
MBARARA– There was excitement as vendors started occupying the new Mbarara Central Market this week, ending the recent confusion caused by corruption allegations against some of the market and city council workers.…
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UNMA launches construction of Masindi based weather station
MASINDI Uganda National Metrological Authority [UNMA] has started the construction of a weather station in Masindi district. The facility is being erected at Masindi Booma grounds along Masindi Port road in Masindi…
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PDM: Districts directed to display names of households, enterprise groups
GULU-The Parish Development Module [PDM] Secretariat has directed accounting officers and district leaders in all the districts in the country to display names of households and enterprise groups selected before actual funding…
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Over 110,000 youth acquire agri-business skills
MASAKA-At least 112, 900 youth from different rural communities in Uganda have acquired skills after being trained in agri-business, which organisers said should make the young people create their own jobs and…
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Mbale Central Market vendors elect new leaders
MBALE– Vendors operating in Mbale Central Market in Industrial City Division, Mbale City, days ago elected new leaders to manage their affairs after seven years of waiting. Those elected are: Perez Wambede…
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PDM: Nodding Syndrome afflicted families demand for special funding
KITGUM– Local leaders in Kitgum district are demanding special funding under the Parish Development Module [PDM] for families afflicted by Nodding Syndrome. The Government is effective this financial year is injecting Shs…
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AfDB approves more than US$1bln for emergency food production plan
ABIDJANI-The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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