Development
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Why Zimbabwe’s ‘great river people’ feel cut off from their trade
ZIMBABWE – BaTonga tribe traditionally made their living fishing along the Zambezi River and Lake Kariba. But expensive permits and national fishing industry regulations are impeding their way of life. Farai Matiashe…
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Leveraging Ugandan food systems to attain SDGs by 2030
The Secretary-General of the United Nations will convene a Food Systems Summit in September, 2021 in a bid to accelerate the implementation of the Decade of Action to Achieve the Sustainable Development…
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Masindi Municipality Councilors question delayed disbursement of Shs 273 million to beneficiaries
MASINDI – Masindi Municipality Councillors have questioned the delayed disbursement of Shs 273 million meant for different groups engaged in different activities in the municipality. The money was sent to Masindi municipality…
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OWC to focus on technical and political leaders and not NAADS officers in their project implementation
SOROTI – Leaders of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) have decided to change strategy by moving away from engaging National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) officers to engaging technical and political leaders in their…
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Government injects Shs 408m for the construction of post-harvest storage facilities in Soroti
SOROTI – The government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has injected Shs 408, 293,723 for the construction of post-harvest storage and value addition facilities in Soroti district.…
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Gulu constructs new road to link farmers to South Sudan market
GULU – Gulu district is constructing a 17 km road to link farmers in Awach sub-county to a bigger market in the neighboring South Sudan. The road worth Shs 165 million is…
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Parish chiefs to lead in setting agenda for community development planning
Government Chief Whip and Ruhinda Constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has said, Parish Chiefs will take the lead role in designing the community development agenda under the Parish Development Model…
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Acholi leaders question the contribution of investors in community empowerment
ACHOLI – Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) and Ker Kwaro Acholi (KKA), the Acholi Cultural Institution has questioned the contribution of the several investors in the sub-region on socio-economic empowerment of the community.…
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Soroti farmers receive 5 tons of seedlings for the new planting season
SOROTI – Soroti district farmers have received 5 tons of beans from the office of the National Agricultural Advisory Services [NAADS] Secretariat under Operation Wealth Creation [OWC] program. According to Moses Echeku,…
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