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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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LEGS project improving lives of farmers in rural areas, says minister Magyezi
FORT PORTAL – The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magezi has said the Local Economic Growth Support [ LEGS ] project is on track to improve the lives of more than one…
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Kasaija urges local gov’t officials to enforce laws on environmental protection
MASAKA-The Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija has called upon local government officials to enforce laws on conservation of the environment to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country. The minister…
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Masindi residents want health centre II elevated
MASINDI-Residents of Kikingura town board in Bwijanga Sub-county, Masindi district are calling for Kikingura Health Centre II to be elevated to level III to enable them to get better services. Speaking during…
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Kwania LCs receive bicycles after 10 years of waiting
KWANIA-Local Council I and II chairpersons in Kwania district have finally received their bicycles from the government after 10 years of waiting. In 2011, the government allocated Shs 11 billion for the…
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Makerere University at 100: Tayebwa pushes for increased funding of higher institutions
KAMPALA – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has urged government to increase the funding for Makerere University and other public institutions of higher learning to be able to do more…
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