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UCDA and PSFU partner to boost coffee subsector
KAMPALA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda [ PSFU ] have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at growing the country’s coffee sector. Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye,…
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Mbale City floods death toll rises to 17
MBALE: The death toll of the Mbale City flood victims has increased to 17 people. This comes after nine more bodies were recovered on Monday morning from River Nabuyonga in Nabuyonga ward,…
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International tourism consolidates strong recovery amidst growing challenges
MADRID-International tourism continues to show signs of a strong and steady recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic despite significant mounting economic and geopolitical challenges. According to the latest United Nations…
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Child marriages rise in Sembabule as poverty and drought continue to bite
SEMBABULE-Authorities in Sembabule district are worried over the increasing cases of child marriages which they attribute to poverty and a prolonged drought spell in the district. Sembabule district lies in the cattle…
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Floods kills eight, several missing in Mbale
MBALE-At least eight people have been confirmed dead in flash flooding in Mbale district and Mbale City. Security said among the dead is Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier, private Sam Chemulindwa,…
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MPs quiz Masaka hospital boss over Shs 2.5bln inflated contract
KAMPALA-Legislators on Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts-Central Government have tasked the former director of Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Dr Nathan Onyachi to explain why he spent an extra Shs Shs2.5 billion not…
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Bugiri police probe deaths of mother and baby
BUGIRI– Police and health authorities in Bugiri district are investigating the circumstances under which a mother and her baby died in labour in Bugiri General Hospital recently. The deceased, identified as Monica Nalubanga,32,…
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Tororo authorities order vendors off the streets
Tororo Municipal Council authorities have ordered vendors to vacate the streets in a bid to keep the town clean and organised. The authorities who have embarked on a sensitisation drive in the…
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Development programmes: Bunyoro clerics urged to mobilise masses
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged religious leaders in Bunyoro Sub-region to mobilise the faithful so that they participate in government’s development programmes aimed at eradicating household poverty as…
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Fort Portal City seeks Shs 60bln for urbanisation and climate change mitigation
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal city authorities are targeting Shs 60 billion as part of a bigger loan which the Ugandan government is set to secure from the French Development Agency [FDA]…
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