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Milk consumption still low, dairy sector official says
FORT PORTAL– According to Dairy Development Authority [DDA] director Finance and Administration, Collin Katungi Mutungi, milk consumption in Uganda remains very low. Illustrating the challenge with figures, Mutungu said per capita consumption…
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Masindi PDM SACCOs receive their certificates of registration
MASINDI– Forty-six Parish Development Model [PDM] SACCOs have received their certificates of registration from the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC]. The certificates were received by the SACCO leaders and the…
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PDM: Rwamirama urges Mbarara officials to play their roles
MBARARA– The State Minister for Animal Industry Lt.Col. Bright Rwamirama has advised leaders in Mbarara City to play their assigned roles in the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the…
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LCIII leaders receive motorcycles to ease movement
KABAROLE -Government through the Ministry of Local Government has handed over 189 motorcycles to all LCIII chairpersons in Rwenzori Sub-region to ease their movement as they monitor government programmes in their areas.…
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Mbarara hospital boss urges govt to support emergency medicine
MBARARA– The Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital [MRRH]director, Dr. Celestine Barigye has appealed to the government to support emergency medicine to decongest regional referral hospitals. Emergency Medicine [EM] is a medical specialty that…
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Industrialisation: Mbarara city leaders woo Madhvani Group with free land
MBARARA– Mbarara city leadership is willing to offer free land to Madhvani Group of Companies to establish factories in a bid to boost the industrialization of the city and the western region…
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Police officers learn survival skills as retirement nears
FORT PORTAL – About 100 police officers from Rwenzori West who are nearing retirement have been equipped with skills on how to live a better life after their service in the force.…
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Rwenzori farmers get modern implements to boost production
KABAROLE- The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] through National Advisory Agricultural Services [NAADS] has distributed modern agricultural equipment worth Shs 49 billion to farmers in Rwenzori Sub-region to boost…
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Focus on quality standards, Bunyoro produce dealers urged
HOIMA– Traders dealing in agricultural produce in Bunyoro Sub-region have been told to adhere to quality standards if they are to benefit from the market offered by the oil and gas industry.…
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Masindi district boss wants sugarcane farmers to form cooperative
MASINDI– Cosmas Byaruhanga, the former Chairperson-Masindi District Sugarcane Out-growers Association [MASGAL], who also doubles as the LC5 Chairperson of the district, wants the association which brings together Masindi district sugar cane farmers…
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