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Lira City company wins best honey award
LIRA– Wimrob Bees Company Limited, located in Lira City, and a producer and exporter of pure refined organic honey, has won the 2022 People`s Choice Award for natural bee honey brand in…
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Local communities on shores of Lake Albert get Shs 1.6bln water project
KIKUUBE-The local communities on the shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district have a reason to smile as they will no longer use contaminated water, following…
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Preparations in high gear for 2nd East African Regional Tourism Expo in Burundi
The East African Community [EAC] will hold the 2nd EAC Regional Tourism EXPO [EARTE’22] in Bujumbura, Burundi from September 23-30, 2022. According to the organisers, the main objective of the EXPO is…
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Tooro Kingdom seeks Shs 1.2bln for next month’s Empango celebrations
FORT PORTAL – Shs 1.2 billion is needed to fund activities aimed at marking 27 years of Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV as king of Tooro Kingdom. The kingdom is to…
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Police officers urged to keep healthy
MBARARA– The Second Division Commander Makenke barracks, Brig Gen. Francis Takirwa has advised police officers to keep their bodies healthy if they are to achieve much in life. Brig Gen. Takirwa said…
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MPs call for more money to fund road maintenance in districts
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament are not happy with the delay by government to release money to the Road Fund for the maintenance of roads in various districts of Uganda. MPs were concerned that…
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Hoima tycoons accused of grabbing land from the poor snub district meeting
HOIMA– The tycoons who are alleged to have illegally processed or were in the process of obtaining land titles outside the law did not show up for the meeting organised on Monday…
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Ikwera Negri School for the Disabled gets modern toilet
KWANIA-Ikwera Negri School for the Disabled in Aduku town council, Kwania district has received a 10-stanch modern toilet facility; five years after the school had been operating without a better toilet facility,…
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Tarmacking of critical oil road hangs in balance after withdrawal of funds
KIKUUBE– Residents and drivers using the Kabwoya-Kyangwali road in Kikuube will have to endure the poor state of the road for a while due to the lack of funds to tarmac it…
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Over 1,000 girls rescued from FGM in Sebei Sub-region
KWEEN– Authorities and other stakeholders in Sebei Sub-region have rescued over 1,000 girls from female genital mutilation [ FGM ] since 2020. Medical experts say FGM comprises all procedures that involve partial…
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