East Africa
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Skyrocketing Fares Paralyze Public Transportation In Western Uganda
MBARARA – In a national address on Covid-19, President Museveni last Friday eased restrictions on public transport relieving Ugandans from the burden of the lockdown. Analyzing the Covid-19 situation, President Museveni allowed…
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Farmers’ Groups Get A Value Addition Project
KIKUUBE – Kikuube district local government has launched a Shs 850 million project which will facilitate farmer groups to add value to their maize and rice produce. The project is funded through…
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Cooperators Challenged To Go Digital
UGANDA – Cooperators have been challenged to go digital in order to overcome any unanticipated challenges similar to what the Covid-19 pandemic has done to the business sector in Uganda. This was…
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Pineapple Farmers Are Demanding For A Factory
NTUGAMO – Farmers in Ntungamo are crying over the continuous drop in pineapple prices in the district. Justus Tayebwa, a renowned pineapple farmer, blames the drop in prices on the Covid-19 lockdown…
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Hoima Sugar Company Limited Accused Of Grabbing Farmers’ Land
KIKUUBE – Residents of Rwekobe and Rwembaho villages in Kabwoya Sub-County, Kikuube district have accused Hoima Sugar Company Limited (HSCL), an Indian owned company for grabbing their land for sugarcane growing. The…
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Civil Servants’ SACCO Grapples With Shs 60 Million Debt
MASINDI – Masindi Civil Servants’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited is grappling with over Shs 60 million debts, Nasur Ibrahim the SACCO Chairperson has said. “All the share capital for the…
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Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Loses 55% Clientele
GULU – Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society in Gulu district has lost 55% of its buyers as a result of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Wawoto Kacel was formed in 2007 by a group…
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MP Donates Part Of His Shs 200M Towards Construction Of A Health Facility
SOROTI – Residents of Soroti City, West Division are in celebratory mood as their area member of parliament Jonathan Ebwalu donated part of his Shs 200m meant for a car, towards the…
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Sheema District Threatened By Banana Diseases
SHEEMA – Locals in Sheema district are perplexed over the anticipated famine yet to hit the district over the roaming banana diseases that have attacked the district. Despite the increased banana production,…
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