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Katakwi dairy farmers get cooler to boost milk production
KATAKWI– Dairy farmers in Katakwi district have a reason to smile again after the Dairy Development Authority [DDA], a statuary agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] revamped…
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Kumam Cultural Heritage: Assembly to elect leader on July 7, 2022
SOROTI– The committee spearheading the breakaway of the Kumam speaking community from Iteso Cultural Union [TCU], has issued a new election road map for electing their cultural leader, “Won Ateker Papa me…
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Katakwi model farmers receive in-calf heifers
KATAKWI– The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] through the National Agricultural Advisory Services [NAADS] has distributed 20 in-calf Friesian heifers to selected women farmers in Katakwi district. This follows…
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Local media urged to enhance coverage of PWDs
AMURIA– National Union of Women with Disability [NUWODU] has appealed to the media in Uganda to bolster the coverage of persons with disabilities [PWDs] but also report positively on this segment of the…
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Soroti bus and taxi operators abandon new park
SOROTI– Bus and taxi operators in Soroti City have abandoned the new park that was gazetted for them because of a lack of security lights, according to Resident City Commissioner Peter Paak…
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Soroti hospital gets money for x-ray machine
SOROTI– The Imaging Department of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital will this year get a new x-ray machine, two years after the one that was operating broke down. This is after the hospital…
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Soroti leaders decry low funds allocated to PWDs
SOROTI – Soroti City leaders want the money allocated under the Special Grant for Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] to be increased by the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development [MGLSD], saying…
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Kenya’s SACCOs richest in Africa with US$13.64bln in total assets
NAIROBI – Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) in Kenya are the wealthiest in Africa by total assets, according to the new World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) 2020 Statistical Report. According…
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Soroti PWDs to receive Shs 50m from the National Special Grant
SOROTI – Soroti persons with disabilities [PwDs] will for the first time receive Shs 50 million from the National Special Grant [NSG], says Minister of State for Disability Affairs, Hellen Grace Asamo. …
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Govt needs Shs 47bln to procure road equipment
SOROTI– There was a lot of excitement among members of the public in 2016, when the 10th Parliament under the stewardship of the former speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, now the First Deputy…
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