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Excitement as BCU announces new coffee price
MBALE, November 8, 2023 – The chairperson of Bugisu Cooperative Union [ BCU ], Nathan Nandala Mafabi has made a significant announcement regarding coffee price in Bugisu Sub-region. On Monday, during his…
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Standard Chartered and Cordaid Uganda table Shs 170mln for entrepreneurs with disabilities
KAMPALA, November 8, 2023 – Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with their NGO partners Cordaid Uganda, and Youth Business International [YBI] launched the Business Resilient Matching Grant Programme as they celebrated Purple Tuesday. Purple…
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Hoima City street vendors demand market structure
HOIMA, November 7, 2023 – Street vendors operating on pavements and walkways in Hoima West Division in Hoima City have demanded that the city authorities build them a market structure where they…
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Aduku traders protest poor sanitary conditions
KAMPALA, November 6, 2023 – More than 300 traders in Aduku town council in Kwania district are protesting the accumulated heaps of garbage that continue to emit a strong and unpleasant smell.…
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Uganda is losing so much by buying petroleum products through middlemen in Kenya
KAMPALA, November 6, 2023 – Fellow Ugandans and, especially, the Bazzukulu. Greetings. I have a number of issues to share with you. Let me start with the kuseerwa (being over-charged) for the…
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Global coffee exports drop 11.6 percent in September 2023
KAMPALA, November 6, 2023 – Global green bean exports in September 2023 were 7.8 million bags, as compared with 8.83mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 11.6 percent,…
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Sam Ssimbwa appointed as Uganda Cranes assistant coach
KAMPALA, November 3, 2023 – Legendary Sam Ssimbwa has been appointed as assistant coach for the national football side, Uganda Cranes. The decision was made after the Belgian Paul Put was on…
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Absa Bank partners with Hoima City to plant 50,000 trees
HOIMA, November 3, 2023 – Hoima City Council with support from Absa Bank Uganda Limited is to plant 50,000 trees in a campaign aimed at restoring the city’ green environment. Speaking during…
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AfDB approves over US$ 196mln loan to modernise railway infrastructure in Namibia
KAMPALA, November 3, 2023 – The African Development Bank Group [AfDB] has approved a loan of US$ 196.43 million for Namibia to implement the second phase of its Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project…
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Tea farmers in Bushenyi decry low prices, call for tax holiday
BUSHENYI, October 2, 2023 – Tea farmers in Bushenyi district have petitioned the government to grant them a tax holiday to recover from the losses arising out of low prices. In a…
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