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Kumi PWDs receive Shs 70mln from Gender ministry
KUMI – Fourteen groups of Persons with Disabilities [ PWDs ] in Kumi district have received Shs 70 million from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s National Special Grant for…
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Missing development plans cause confusion in Mbarara City Council
MBARARA – Mbarara City councillors have asked the city clerk and members of the executive committee to avail them the five-year development plan and five-year strategic plan, noting that the two documents…
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Kikuube: Over 500 evicted from government land
KIKUUBE– Security has evicted over 500 people who were illegally occupying government land in Butoole Parish, Kyangwali sub-county in Kikuube district. The land in question measuring over 3,000 acres of land registered…
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Shs 23 bln road project staggers in Mbarara City
MBARARA– Mbarara City Council has warned Multiplex Limited that it stands to be fined Shs 2.3 billion after the construction company failed to beat the deadline for the completion of major roads…
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Give us money for refugee operations, Adjumani urges Danish government
ADJUMANI -The Adjumani district LCV chairman, Ben Anyama has appealed to the Danish government to support Uganda as it continues to host refugees from neighbouring countries. Anyama made the call yesterday while…
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UNRA gives Lira City Shs 119mln to repair faulty streetlights
LIRA-The Uganda National Road Authority [UNRA] has given Shs 119 million to Lira City council to fix faulty streetlights installed under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development [USMID] programme bankrolled by the…
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Ugandan Arthur Larok is new Secretary General of ActionAid International
KAMPALA-ActionAid International has announced that Arthur Larok, who has been interim Secretary General at ActionAid International for the past year, has been appointed to lead the charity on a permanent basis from…
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World Bank gives over Shs 800 bln to support women entrepreneurs in Uganda
KIRUHURA – The women entrepreneurs benefiting from the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] are to receive more funds from the World Bank to run mega projects. According to the Minister for Gender,…
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Nebbi PDM beneficiaries task gov’t on roads
NEBBI – The Parish Development Model [PDM] beneficiaries in Nebbi Municipality have tasked government to tarmac Nebbi –Goli, Paidha Vura road and others to facilitate business. They said the poor road networks…
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Lango Zonal Industrial Hub admits 240 for skills training
LIRA -A total of 240 youth have been admitted to Lango Zonal Industrial Hub at Lira University to undergo a five-month skills development training meant to help youth create their own jobs.…
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