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Masindi district local government injects Shs 1.9 billion in the roads sector
MASINDI– Masindi district local government has embarked on working on its four major roads which have been impassable for a long time. Masindi district council committed to Shs 1.9 billion towards improving…
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Atiak Technical Student Association wait for government’s response 20 years later
GULU – Government is yet to respond to the request for support by the Atiak Technical Students Survivors Association in 2000. The students survived an attack by the Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA]…
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Government earmarks Shs500m for compensation in wildlife conservation areas
MASINDI– The government of Uganda through Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] has earmarked Shs500 million for compensation of people in the wildlife conservation areas of Murchison Falls National Park. The wildlife compensation scheme…
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NSSF total assets shoot up 15.3 percent in March 2022
KAMPALA– The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] issued a transparency statement showing that its total assets as at March 31, 2022 increased by 15.3 percent to about Shs 16.86 trillion from Shs…
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Encroachers forced to vacate Hoima Sugar Ltd land
KIKUUBE. Security agencies in the Bunyoro region days ago ordered more than 20,000 people who had encroached on Hoima Sugar Limited land to vacate. The encroachers were allowed to take with them…
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Muslims in Uganda urged to form SACCOs
KAMPALA– Muslims in Uganda have been advised to form Saving and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] if they are to benefit from government’s poverty eradication programmes such as Emyooga and Parish Development Model [PDM].…
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UNRA starts maintenance on Nebbi – Goli road after public outcry
NEBBI – Uganda National Roads Authority [UNRA] has started maintenance works on Nebbi Jukia – Goli road following a public outcry on the bad state of the road which has become impassable.…
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Revenue share to local governments from Murchison Falls National Park declines
MASINDI– The government through Uganda Wildlife Authority [[UWA] has resumed remitting money to districts that host Murchison Falls National Park as a share of the revenue generated from tourists that come to…
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Gulu University seeks Shs 27b to set up juice producing factory
GULU – Gulu University is seeking at least Shs27 billion to set up a complete, independent juice processing factory. Last year, the University launched the “Gulu University Muyeme Juice” pilot project which majorly…
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Lira receives Shs1b for PDM SACCOs
LIRA – The Lira district Commercial Officer, Santos Olade has cautioned people planning to mismanage the government’s programme of Parish Development Model [PDM] saying whoever is found will not be spared. He says,…
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