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Centenary Bank to acquire Malawian lender
KAMPALA-Centenary Rural Development Group, the mother company of Centenary Bank Uganda, has teamed up with the Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe so they can acquire a 100 percent shareholding in Malawi’s MyBucks Banking…
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Kasese farmers count losses as strange disease ravages banana plantations
KASESE – Banana farmers in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange viral disease attacked their plantations, exposing the farmers’ households to hunger and poverty. Agricultural experts in the district say…
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Uganda targets world silk market
BULAMBULI-Uganda has the opportunity to move from subsistence to commercial farming in some strategic sectors like silk production to become one of the leading suppliers in the world. Members of the Committee…
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Bill prohibiting GMOs in offing
KAMPALA-A section of Members of Parliament is planning to introduce a bill prohibiting Genetically Modified Organisms [ GMOs ] in Uganda. Led by Bufumbira County East MP, James Nsaba Buturo, the legislators…
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Teso farmers turn to seed banks to maintain genetic diversity
SOROTI-Given the need to maintain genetic diversity and nutritional value, farmers in Teso Sub-region are working against the odds to save indigenous seeds which are facing extinction due to a rising trend…
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Pupils, teachers share one latrine in Namisindwa as classrooms remain inadequate
NAMISINDWA-Namisindwa district has a shortage of latrines in most government-aided schools, running under Universal Primary Education [UPE] programme, our investigation reveals. At Butsebangwe Primary School in Namabya Sub-county, 500 pupils, including seven…
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Rising water treatment costs worry NWSC
FORT PORTAL – The National Water and Sewerage Corporation [ NWSC ] is frightened by the high costs involved in treating the water sourced from River Mpanga, which they say, is highly…
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NGO advises farmers to use dogs to secure livestock and crops
GULU-The Big Fix Uganda, a nonprofit organisation that operates the only veterinary hospital in Northern Uganda has urged farmers in Acholi Sub-region to enlist the services of dogs in securing their livestock…
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Uganda scores high in 2022 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index
KAMPALA– African countries have responded positively to the need to develop domestic financial markets to protect economies from external shocks, Officicial Monetary Financial Institutions Forum [OMFIF] said as it released 2022 Absa…
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EACOP: TotalEnergies boss snubs European Parliament invite
KAMPALA-Patrick Pouyanne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies has declined to appear before the European Parliament’s sub-committee on Human Rights, saying legislators there took a tough yet deeply biased decision…
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