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OPM gives over 30 heifers to Lango religious and cultural leaders
LIRA-Government through the Office of the Prime Minister [OPM] has donated 36 heifers to religious and cultural leaders in the Lango Sub-region to improve their economic status and act as model farmers.…
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Kikuube residents worried as theft of livestock deepens
KIKUUBE-Residents in Buhimba town council and Buhimba Sub-county council in Kikuube district are spending sleepless nights over the rising cases of theft of livestock. The night thieves mainly target cattle, goats, and…
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Acholi leaders want locals involved in massive production of food crops
PADER-Leaders from Acholi Sub-region want government to involve the local people in the planned massive production of food crops like maize and soybean on land formally owned by government in the district.…
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Evictees in Kikuube IDP camp living without food, as women and girls are raped and defiled
KIKUUBE-“We are living a miserable life in this camp. Where will our help come from?” Ester Turyahebwa, a mother to 8 children who stays at Kigyayo camp for the internally displaced people…
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Alebtong district fails to recover Shs 1.4bln advanced to youth
ALEBTONG-Alebtong district has failed to recover Shs 1.4 billion that the government advanced to support various youth projects in the district. The money, according to a senior district official, was disbursed under…
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Kwania residents plant bananas in protest over poor state of road
KWANIA– Angry residents of Atongtidi and Chawente Sub-counties, Kwania district have planted bananas on the dilapidated road in the area accusing leaders of failing to fix it. The residents rose up in…
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Child killed as mudslide hits kitchen in Kabarole district
KABAROLE – A mudslide has hit a kitchen in Kabango village in Karangura Sub-county Kabarole district, killing a one-and-a-half-year-old child and leaving another injured. The incident happened on Sunday night after a…
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Pakwach district boss lauds youth for demanding better services
PAKWACH – Pakwach district LCV chairperson, Robert Omito Steen has applauded the youth in the district for using activism to demand for better service delivery. Omito said the youth are not a…
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Mbarara Central Market vendors reject proposed fees
MBARARA-Vendors operating in the new Mbarara Central Market have boycotted the different fees that the city council leadership has proposed, saying they were never consulted about the same. This happened last Friday…
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Rwot Acana writes to Museveni over eviction of Pader residents
PADER-Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of the Acholi Cultural Chiefdom has written to President Yoweri Museveni, pleading that government halts the eviction of people from the land that became…
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