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Fish Feeds Price Farmers Out Of Business
GULU – Expensive fish feeds have forced more than half of the members of West Acholi Integrated Fish Farmers Cooperative Society, WIFFICOS, out of fish farming. WAIFFICOS, a fish farmers’ cooperative, was…
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PWDs on Emyooga: We Are Left Behind
HOIMA – People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Hoima and Kikuube districts say they have been competing with everyone else for Emyooga cash grants and have always been outcompeted because they are poorer…
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Heavy Rains And Hailstorms Batter Amolatar
AMOLATAR – Hailstorms and heavy rains have become more frequent and more intense in the northern district of Amolatar and have almost wiped out entire gardens in Nakatiti parish, Muntu Sub County.…
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Lockdown: Criminal Gangs Terrorize Gulu
GULU – Livestock farmers in Gulu District are wrestling with a spate animal and poultry thefts carried out by criminal gangs taking advantage of the new lockdown announced on June 18 to…
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New Market Swells Demand For Mangoes in Gulu
GULU – Farmers in the northern district of Gulu District are happy about a new market at Gulu University Faculty of Agriculture that has swelled demand for mangoes. The university’s faculty of…
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Errant Boda-bodas Warned: You Will Be Banned
MASINDI – Errant Boda-bodas in Masindi District have been buffeted with warnings of the risks of flouting the presidential lockdown directives meant to slow the spread of Covid-19. Iddi Onyera, the chairman…
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Lira Vendors Protest Eviction
LIRA – Vendors in Lira City have continued to rally against their eviction from the streets. On June 17, city authorities resolved to suspend street vending because it draws crowds, which are…
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Victims of Flooding in Kwania Get Food
KWANIA – At least 757 displaced people in Nambieso Sub County in Kwania District whose houses and property were destroyed by extreme flooding last December have received relief food. Last December, over…
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Covid-19 Stirs Scramble For Lemon, Ginger
HOIMA – Lemon and ginger prices are climbing higher in Hoima as demand soars for the fruits deemed to have immunity-boosting properties against the rampaging novel Coronavirus. There have been more than…
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Gulu Opportunistic Pig Farmers Under Attack
GULU – Across northern Uganda, Marcelo Peter Okwonga is pitching a switch to a more sustainable pig farming model to get rid of the many opportunistic small holder farmers. Interviewed recently in…
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