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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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Katakwi RDC directs police to arrest wetland encroachers
KATAKWI– The Katakwi Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Godfrey Katamba has directed the police to arrest and prosecute in courts of law people cultivating in wetlands. This comes as a section of members…
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Soroti Catholic Diocese Bishop tasks government to address renewed cattle raids in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions
SOROTI– The people living along the border between Katakwi and Kapelebyong districts in eastern Uganda and Karamoja sub-region are in urgent need of improved security to protect them from attacks by the…
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Kaberamaido youth abandon tractor over Shs 5m debt
KABERAMAIDO-Kaberamaido youth have abandoned a tractor in the hands of a mechanic after failing to clear a bill of about Shs 5.4 million. The tractor Reg. No. UAW 096V was donated to…
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Teso farmers panic as fall armyworms ravage crops
SOROTI– Farmers in the Teso sub-region are counting losses following an invasion of fall armyworms (FAW) pest, which is scientifically known as (Spodoptera Exempta) ravaging thousands of acres of crop fields across…
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Population growth threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region
SOROTI – The current population growth is threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region. Figures from the National Population Council (NPC), a state agency that advises the government on population issues, show that…
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Lango diocese receive 21 priests, and deacons
Lango Diocese has ordained 21 priests and deacons to join Christian ministry work in northern Uganda. The diocesan Bishop, Prof Alfred Olwa presided over the ceremony which saw 14 deacons ordained priests,…
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