Regions
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Factory delay frustrates Nwoya fruit farmers
Fruit farmers in Nwoya district have asked government to speed up the establishment of a fruit processing factory pledged by President Yoweri Museveni, to enable them add value to their fruits and…
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City landlords defy Museveni’s directive to reopen arcades
Uganda’s Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde has expressed dismay with a section of landlords in Kampala who she accuses of defying President Museveni’s directive to allow for safe…
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Mixed reactions as boda bodas allowed to resume passenger transport
There were mixed reactions among bodaboda riders in Gulu district as President Museveni allowed them to resume passenger transport come 27th of this month. While addressing the nation on Tuesday, President Museveni,…
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Roko promises Independence day completion of Mbarara city market
Eng. Willie Swanepoel, the Contract Operations Manager, Roko Construction Company has promised to hand over Mbarara Central Market construction works on October 9, 2020 (Independence Day). The contractor’s commitment comes after the…
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Museveni sets tough conditions for reopening the economy
President Museveni last night further relaxed of COVID-19-related restrictions on the operation of arcades, salons and bodaboda operators, albeit under tough conditions meant to avoid a resurgence of the disease. The president…
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Basongora reject government report in Kasese land feud with UWA
Basongora pastoralists under their organisation, Busunga Cattle Keepers Association, have rejected a government survey report about a contested piece of land that has pitted the community against the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).…
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COVID-19 frustrating Cooperatives’ fight against poverty
Kenya’s World Council of Credit Union’s (WOCCU) Country Coordinator, Mark Matabi, has voiced fears that the COVID-19 pandemic is frustrating efforts by the cooperative movement to alleviate poverty and social inequality in…
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Gulu bodabodas defy COVID-19 ban on passenger transport, blame ‘hunger’
Members of Gulu City Boda Boda Association have resumed carrying passengers, in total disregard of the ongoing moratorium against them, citing ‘hunger’. When instituting the lockdown in late March, President Yoweri Museveni…
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Kitgum: Farmers, NUSAF official clash over procurement guidelines
Farmers’ groups in Kitgum district have put their NUSAF Desk Officer (NDO) on the spot for allegedly contravening procurement guidelines and inflating costs of items under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action…
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Minister orders arrest of Ruharo SACCO officials over embezzlement
The State minister for Micro Finance Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has ordered the arrest of Ruharo Heifer Project SACCO officials for alleged embezzlement of SACCO funds worth 140m shillings. Hon. Kasolo made the…
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