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Banyabindi to boycott 2021 elections due unfulfilled pledges
Over 10,000 members of the Banyabindi community, a minority tribe in Kasese district have resolved to boycott the 2021 general elections due to unfulfilled government pledges. The Banyabindi were displaced, without compensation,…
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Masaka entrepreneurs wary of new Govt funding scheme
Potential beneficiaries of a new government funding scheme for specialised enterprise groups have expressed scepticism towards the initiative barely after its kickoff. The new “Presidential Wealth, Job Creation Initiative”, commonly known as…
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Banana farmers count losses as strange disease rages on
Farmers in Western Uganda are counting their losses in the wake of a ‘strange’ banana disease that has ravaged plantations in the region for months now. The disease, which has been attributed…
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Teso Cooperative Union Boss Calls for Unity as he assumes office
The incoming Chairperson of Teso Cooperative Union(TCU) has called for an end to bickering and infighting among cooperatives, arguing that only through unity can cooperatives deliver on the mission of their founding. …
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Bushenyi Residents Sue Town Clerk over Denial of Public Information
Residents of Ishaka-Bushenyi Municipality have taken the Municipality leadership to court over failure to release what they called public information, saying it contravenes Access to Information laws. Under their pressure group “Make…
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Ssempija roots for Agricultural Mechanisation
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempija has appealed to farmers in Rwenzori sub region to embrace agricultural mechanisation as one of improving production. He emphasised that…
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Police savings association hit Shs 16bn, acquires estates in Kansanga and Gayaza
The Uganda Police Savings Association Limited (PSAL) has registered a remarkable growth in its savings and asset base. PSAL Chairman, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Edward Ochom told theCooperator that the…
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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
On 31 December 2019, WHO was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. The virus did not match any other known virus. This raised concern because…
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NIRA to Authenticate Customer Data on Behalf of Banks
Bank of Uganda has announced it is moving to ease customer identification for all banking institutions under its supervision by implementing a digital identification application that draws on data from the National…
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Commercialize University Research and Innovations, Nawangwe Urges Government
Makerere University Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has called upon the government to invest more in safeguarding the University’s intellectual property, by patenting and commercializing its research and innovations. Speaking at Makerere…
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