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Equity Bank, SunCulture avail loan facility to help farmers acquire solar-powered irrigation equipment
LIRA– Equity Bank Uganda in partnership with SunCulture Uganda has launched a loan facility to help smallholder farmers in Lango and Acholi sub-regions to acquire solar-powered irrigation equipment. The loan partnership launched…
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Parliament directs gov’t to complete investigations on Aswa Ranch
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have tasked government to conclude investigations into the alleged illegal activities in Aswa Ranch in a period of three weeks. The directive followed a brief report by…
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Lira farmers decry presence of fake agro-inputs on market
LIRA – Farmers in both Lira district and Lira city have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] to intervene and remove counterfeit agro-inputs from the market. The call…
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Kwania PDM SACCO leaders arrested over extortion
KWANIA – Police at Kwania Central Police Station are holding in custody executive members of Teduka ward PDM SACCO in Aduku town council for extorting money from beneficiaries amounting to Shs 3,150,000.…
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Businesses interrupted as UNRA halts Masindi Port operations
APAC – Uganda National Roads Authority [UNRA] has halted the operations at Masindi Port for six days to pave the way for the routine maintenance of the ferry. The maintenance repairs on…
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PDM: Post Bank given ultimatum to conclude opening accounts for all beneficiaries
KWANIA – Betty Amongi, the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development has given Post Bank Uganda two weeks to conclude the process of opening bank accounts for the beneficiaries of the…
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Govt to build five one-stop business centres
OYAM – The government is to construct five one-stop business centres across the country to support women doing business on a large scale. According to Betty Amongi, the Minister of Gender, Labour…
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Excitement as Kole launches disbursement of PDM funds
KOLE -Beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Kole district are excited following the launch of the disbursement of the funds to their bank accounts. PDM, a poverty alleviation programme was…
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Lango: Govt injects Shs 74bln in Emyooga Progamme, PDM
LIRA – Government has so far injected Shs 74 billion to support Emyooga Programme and the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the Lango Sub-region. This was said recently by the government chief…
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OTUKE: MP Omara launches disbursement of PDM cash
OTUKE – Otuke district has launched the disbursement of Shs 4.2 billion to the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] to enable them to engage in income generating activities. The Otuke…
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