Development
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Gulu City VSLAs become cooperatives
GULU– Two Village Saving and Loan Associations [ VSLAs ] comprising of women traders in Gulu City have been transformed into cooperatives in a bid to formalise their operations. Gulu Women Produce…
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Banks post 26.9 percent profit as sector remains resilient to potential shocks
KAMPALA– Year on year, commercial banks’ aggregate net profits after tax (NPAT) increased by 26.9 percent to Shs 1,073.9 billion in the year ending December 2021 from Shs 846.2bln in the previous…
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Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Masindi trains PDM implementers
MASINDI– Masindi district has started training the Parish Development Model [PDM] implementers at all levels across the district. The training of the PDM implementers was conducted days ago by the selected heads…
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TotalEnergies to donate processing plant to Bulisa cassava farmers
BULISA– TotalEnergies a French company drilling oil in the Albertine Grabben is set to support over 200 farmers with a cassava processing facility to help them add value to their produce. This…
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Museveni to meet Acholi MPs over Apaa land conflict
GULU-President Museveni is set to meet leaders from Acholi Sub-region this Saturday, following the rising insecurity there, especially in the conflicted Apaa land area. This is according to Anthony Akol, the Chairperson…
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Proceeds of Empango Marathon dedicated to Kikuube health facility
KIKUUBE- The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom DR. Solomon Iguru Gafabusa has dedicated the proceeds of Empango Marathon to the Kikuube district Health Center IV to procure theater items. The marathon that took…
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ICO unveils new International Coffee Agreement, all stakeholders to have say on the future of coffee
KAMPALA– In a new spirit of collaboration, the International Coffee Organization [ ICO ] has announced its landmark International Coffee Agreement 2022, formally welcoming to the table for the first time in…
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Lira City: Govt releases Shs 3.9bln to clear salary arrears of teachers
LIRA– The government has released Shs 3.9 billion to pay and clear accumulated salary arrears of secondary and primary school teachers in Lira City. About 1,200 teachers in Lira City recently went…
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UBOS trains PDM data collection supervisors
FORT PORTAL- Uganda Bureau of Statistics [UBOS] in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has held a training of trainers who will train and supervise others in the collection…
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