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Mbarara district officials tasked to refund over Shs 5mln
MBARARA- Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee [PAC] has grilled the Mbarara district Chief Administrative Officer Edward Kasagara [CAO] and Principal Human Resource Officer Allan Kagaba for causing the district a financial loss of…
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Oil companies take over land for absentee landlords in Bunyoro
HOIMA – Government has okayed the oil companies to use the land purportedly owned by absentee landlords in the oil-rich Bunyoro sub region. Through the Petroleum Authority of Uganda [PAU], government has…
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Oil refinery project affected persons get land titles
HOIMA – 73 Kabaale oil refinery project affected persons [PAPs] whose families were displaced as government acquired land for the construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale Sub-county in Hoima district are…
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Over 2,000 pilgrims set off from Fort Portal to Namugongo to mark Martyrs Day
FORT PORTAL – More than 2,000 foot pilgrims from Fort Portal and Kasese dioceses were on Monday flagged off from Fort Portal heading to Namugongo in Wakiso district to mark Uganda Martyrs…
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Banyankole managers arrested over misuse of union funds
MBARARA – Former Banyankole Kweterana Co-operative Union [BKCU] Chairman, Emmanuel Natukunda and his treasurer Andrew Kaggwa were Friday arrested and dragged to police to record statements over the alleged mismanagement of the…
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Arrests, a solution to recovery of Emyooga money in Mbarara
MBARARA – The misuse of Emyooga SACCO money has sparked tension in Mbarara City where some of the culprits, who include a government official and SACCO leaders were arrested. So far, Mbarara…
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EACOP gets four contractors
HOIMA – Four international companies that were contracted by government to implement the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] have been unveiled to the local business community in the Albertine Graben The…
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Mbarara City official arrested for stealing salon money
MBARARA– Mbarara City Assistant Commercial Officer Donati Mutaahi and three others have been arrested by the police over the embezzlement of Shs10 million belonging to Emyooga SACCO of salon operators. Mutaahi who…
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Tea farmers form national association
FORT PORTAL – Tea out-growers in Uganda have formed the first-ever association that will help them speak with one voice when it comes to tea matters. The National General Assembly of Uganda…
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BKCU grappling with debts ahead of next AGM
MBARARA– Preparations are in high gear as the debt-ridden Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] Limited prepares to hold its 49th Annual General Meeting [ AGM ] this Friday, over three weeks from the…
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