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Govt asked to expedite review of SAGE
SOROTI– The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development [MGLSD] has been tasked to expedite the review of the eligibility age for the beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment […
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Tears as hundreds in Teso miss joining local defence force
SOROTI- Tears of anguish rolled down on Wednesday at Soroti Sports Grounds in Soroti City as hundreds of youth who had turned up to be recruited into the Local Defence Personnel [LDP]…
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Kapelebyong district kicks off baseline data collection exercise
KAPELEBYONG -Kapelebyong district has launched a two-week exercise of baseline data collection to inform government’s implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM], with a call on locals to embrace it. The exercise…
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PDM success: Alupo urges leaders to sensitise communities
SOROTI– Vice President Jessica Alupo Epel has urged leaders at lower local government levels and other stakeholders to sensitise their communities on the Parish Development Model [PDM]. Alupo who is also the…
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Police in Serere arrest sisters over murder of father
SOROTI– Police in Serere district are holding four alleged demon- possed sisters in connection to the murder of their father. The suspects include Deborah Achumo, Esther Achom, Susan Ikwadi and Martha Akwango…
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Storage facility excites Kapelebyong farmers
It was jubilation as Acowa farmers’ Cooperative Society in Acowa town council, Kapelebyong district received a new modern agro-storage facility constructed by government through Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] programme. DINU…
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aBi Finance Limited readies loans for Tier IV MFIs and SACCOs
KAMPALA– Tier IV Microfinance institutions [MFIs] and SACCOs in Northern and Eastern Uganda looking for funding no longer have to worry. This is because aBi Finance Holdings Limited has availed concessional loans…
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Cattle compensation exercise on-going in affected districts
OTUKE– The government has started compensating 92,000 claimants in Lango, Acholi and Teso sub-regions after their heads of cattle and other domestic animals were looted during the insurgency in northern Uganda. Deputy…
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Soroti district proposes to spend Shs 32.5bln in financial year 2022/2023
SOROTI– Soroti district council has approved a budget of Shs 32.5 billion to run the district for the financial year 2022/2023, up from Shs 32 bln in the financial year 2021/2022. In…
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High HIV/AIDS prevalence among the young population worries experts
SOROTI- Experts fighting HIV/AIDS in the Teso region have raised concern over the high HIV/AIDs prevalence rate among the young population aged 20-24 years. Teso sub-region comprises 10 districts of Amuria, Soroti,…
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