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Police urge Lira investors to sue business partners over loss of Shs9b
LIRA – After losing produce worth Shs 9 billion to Oyam district based company, Agri-exim, the police have advised the Asian investors in Lira City to pursue civil remedies to recover their…
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Lira farmers urged to fight African Armyworm
LIRA – The Lira district agricultural officer, Dorcus Aluma has advised farmers in the Lango sub-region to take measures that can kill African Armyworm which has invaded several districts across the country.…
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Lira City secures land for abattoir
LIRA– The authorities of Lira City East division have secured eight acres of land at Ayago ward, to construct a modern abattoir. The development came after environmentalists condemned the current abattoir located…
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Power Forex International cons public of Shs1.8b
LIRA– At least 2,000 people in Lango, Acholi, West Nile and Bunyoro sub-regions have been conned in a dubious online deal by Power Forex International, a company with headquarters in Kampala, according…
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Amuru district forms committee to scrutinise eviction of illegal herdsmen
AMURU – Following complaints that the security personnel in Amuru district ask errant herdsmen [Balalo] for bribes to protect them from eviction, the district council has formed an independent committee of councilors to…
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EU funds establishment of village supermarkets in Lango, Acholi sub-region
LIRA – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government of Uganda integrated programme has constructed five farmers’ village supermarkets in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions. With support from the European…
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Regional Development: Leaders demand for fast rehabilitation of roads
LIRA – Leaders in the three-sub region of West Nile, Acholi and Lango, have called on the government to fast track its commitment on rehabilitating and opening access roads within the northern…
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Gov’t commits 300m to rehabilitate 10 roads in Agago
AGAGO – The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MFPED) has allocated Shs 300 million to Agago district local government for the rehabilitation of 10 community access roads in the next…
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Ramadan: Lira Pakistani community donate to the vulnerable
LIRA – The Pakistani Association in the Lango sub-region have given food staff and sanitary materials to 250 members of the Muslim community, vulnerable people and inmates in Lira City as they…
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Oulanyah supported co-operatives – DP’s Norbert Mao
OMORO – The President General of the Democratic Party [DP], Norbert Mao, has said the late Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Jacob Oulanyah, supported co-operatives as well as other enterprises in the…
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