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Gender ministry warns Ugandans against unlicensed labour recruiting firms
SOROTI– The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social development [MGLSD] has cautioned the general public, especially the youth seeking employment abroad to beware of fraudulent unauthorised labour recruiting companies whose operations are…
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UPDF kills ADF rebels in DRC , recovers guns and ammunitions
Soldiers of Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] yesterday killed two rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces [ ADF ] and recovered two guns and…
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Govt to boost surveillance as pests and diseases show resistance
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] plans to bolster control and surveillance strategies to counter the marked resistance of pests and diseases in crop farms across the…
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Reserves managers face up to tough investment environment
KAMPALA- Most central bank reserves managers are resigned to a period of higher inflation and lower returns, according to a report published today by the global think tank- Official Monetary and Financial…
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Crédit Agricole to stop financing gas and oil sector
PARIS– French co-operative bank, Crédit Agricole, has announced commitments to move away from oil and gas financing. ‘2025 Ambitions’ sets out a number of short, medium and long-term goals for France’s second…
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PDM: Lango farmers urged to take up modern farming
DOKOLO– Farmers in the Lango Sub-region have been encouraged to get involved in exotic livestock rearing, fish farming and other enterprises under Parish Development Model [PDM] if they are to fight abject…
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ACPCU commissions Shs 1.5bln facility as it prepares to roast coffee
SHEEMA– In a bid to improve the value chain, Ankole Coffee Producer’s Cooperative Union [ ACPCU ] has begun preparations to roast its coffee on a large scale. This was revealed over…
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BoU urges WorldRemit clients to submit claims
KAMPALA– The Bank of Uganda [BoU] on Monday asked WorldRemit customers to submit to it the outstanding claims of monies given for remittance purposes to WorldRemit Money Transfer [U] Limited by July…
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PDM: Minister Engola calls for bylaw on alcohol consumption
OYAM-State minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Okello Engola has called upon local leaders in the Lango Sub-region to ban the sale of alcohol during working hours so that people…
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Robust reforms have revitalized co-operative sector in Kenya- President Kenyatta
NAIROBI-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has attributed the rapid growth of the cooperative sector in his country to the policy reforms the government has implemented since 2013. The President noted that the reforms…
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