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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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Farmers in Teso and Lango reaping big from Value Addition Project
SOROTI– Farmers in Teso and Lango sub-regions are testifying to improved livelihood and nutrition wellbeing. This is resulting from value addition equipment that Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] under Building Resilience…
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Govt to set seasonal harvesting date as farmers decry vanilla theft
RUBIRIZI – The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] is traversing the country consulting farmers and making assessments to ensure uniform harvest of vanilla beans. According to Sedrack Mugisha, Chairperson Rubirizi…
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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than before due to population growth
SOROTI– Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing three times faster than forests, experts have warned. Wetlands include some of the most…
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MPs, minister clash over proposal to extend tax holiday for power company
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has started understudying the new Tax Bills for the Financial Year 2022/2023, with the legislators questioning government’s proposal to exempt Bujagali Power…
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BoU boss commends Kabarole district on commercial agriculture
KAMPALA– The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda [BoU] Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego has lauded the people of Kabarole district for engaging in commercial agriculture, emphasising the role the sector plays in the…
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Pader district farmers get ox-ploughs to boost production
PADER – Hundreds of farmers from various sub counties in Pader district have received ox-ploughs to boost their farming. The 180 ox-ploughs were distributed by Country Side Harvester, a farmer-led organisation to…
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A $3.2m Ntoroko lakeport constructed to boost trade between Uganda and DRC
NTOROKO – In a bid to boost trade between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Works and Transport has constructed Ntoroko Lakeport.…
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Kaguta bridge constructed in Lira
LIRA – The government has commissioned Kaguta Bridge in Agweng sub-county, Lira district to connect two districts of the Lango sub region. The Minister of Health Dr. Jane Aceng commissioned the bridge…
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Uganda Police, Mbarara hospital to ink health emergency deal
MBARARA– The Uganda Police administrators are in preparation to enter a Memorandum of Understanding with Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) to handle emergency cases of their cops in the Western region. According…
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