Development
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Shock as CNOOC is stuck with compensation money
KIKUUBE– China National Offshore Oil Corporation [ CNOOC ] is stuck with compensation money after the oil company failed to locate landowners [Project Affected Persons ] in Kikuube district. CNOOC is taking…
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£200mln invested to transform community businesses
LONDON – More than £200 million has been invested in UK community businesses in the last decade, using community shares – a unique form of finance. And a major fund has re-launched…
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Lack of tea policy affecting Uganda’s farmers
FORT PORTAL– Tea is Uganda’s third most important agricultural export earner after coffee and fish, but tea farmers say they need a policy to regulate the sector. It is one of the…
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NARO urged to save bees
LIRA– The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation [TUNADO], has advised farmers in northern Uganda and the National Agricultural Research Organization to use friendly pesticides to spray crops so that bees are able…
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Co-op Ukraine rallies support for people, offers bread and bed
KYIV– Since the Russian military invaded Ukraine, the all-Ukrainian union of consumer co-operatives (Ukrkoopspilka) has been working tirelessly to provide products and services to members and customers, offer shelter to people displaced…
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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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Shs 435bln project to create 12,000 jobs in Uganda
LIRA– A new government project to enhance technological skills in the young people is to begin soon and is expected to create 12,000 job opportunities in Uganda. The project, ‘National Science, Technology,…
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Soroti bus and taxi operators abandon new park
SOROTI– Bus and taxi operators in Soroti City have abandoned the new park that was gazetted for them because of a lack of security lights, according to Resident City Commissioner Peter Paak…
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Lango youth leaders ask govt to create more jobs
LIRA-Youth leaders in the Lango sub-region have asked the government to create more job opportunities for the young people if they are to stop looking for employment in Arab countries where some…
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Soroti hospital gets money for x-ray machine
SOROTI– The Imaging Department of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital will this year get a new x-ray machine, two years after the one that was operating broke down. This is after the hospital…
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