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PWDs in Teso form cooperative union to boost livelihoods
SOROTI, March 20, 2025 – Persons living with disabilities [PWDs] in the Teso Subregion have come together to form a cooperative union with the aim to save and borrow to invest in…
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Late Prof. JB Kwesiga eulogised, laid to rest in Rukiga district
RUKIGA, March 20, 2025 – Assoc. Prof. Jassy Bagyendera Kwesiga, regarded as the father of civil society in Uganda, was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Nyakihanga village, Kamwezi, in…
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Global and African Financial Experts Urge Action to Enhance Smallholder Farmer Financing
NAIROBI, March 20, 2025 — Leading global and African financial experts have issued a resounding call to align financial structures with the needs of smallholder farmers. Speaking at a two-day conference on…
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Gov’t pledges efficient power distribution after UMEME exits
KAMPALA, March 19, 2025 – Government through the The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development [MEMD] has reaffirmed readiness to take over the electricity distribution concession from UMEME Ltd. through the Uganda…
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Private security agencies hold AGM in Kampala
KAMPALA, March 19, 2025 — Grace Matsiko has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Association of Uganda Private Security Organisations [TUPSA]. Matsiko was elected at the annual general meeting [AGM] presided…
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Adjumani and Lamwo districts to implement Shs 22.83bln refugee project
AJDJUMANI, March 19, 2025 — The Royal Danish Embassy through the Danish International Development Agency [DANIDA] has allocated US$ 6,171,393 [approximately Shs 22.83 billion] to support the implementation of the Uganda Refugee…
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Museveni urges Bunyoro farmers to embrace fish farming
KIKUUBE, March 19, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni, who began his tour of the Bunyoro region on Tuesday to monitor the progress of the Parish Development Model [PDM], has urged farmers to…
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Gov’t receives Shs 40bln to connect rural areas to electricity
KAMPALA, March 19, 2025 – The Government of Uganda has received a €10 million [approximately Shs 40 billion] grant to improve electricity access in the country’s rural and peri-urban areas. The grant,…
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Wazalendo SACCO’s total assets grow to over Shs 1 trillion
JINJA, March 18, 2025 — Uganda’s largest Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO], commonly known as Wazalendo SACCO [WSACCO], has announced that its total assets rose to Shs 1.149 trillion in 2024,…
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Kapchorwa PDM leaders warned against extorting programme beneficiaries
KAPCHORWA, March18, 2025 – The Kapchorwa Deputy Resident District Commissioner [RDC], Martin Sakajja, has issued a stern warning to Parish Chiefs and members of the Parish Development Committees [PDCs] against extorting beneficiaries…
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