Financial
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Sugarcane Outgrowers Crying Foul
KIKUUBE – Complaints over mistreatment and missed payments are sparking friction between sugarcane outgrowers and their employer, Hoima Sugar Limited in the western districts of Kikuube and Hoima. Francis Isingoma alias Max…
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Farmers Stranded With Mangoes, Oranges
AMOLATAR – Lower fruit prices and a lack of a better market have stoked harsh arguments among mango farmers bruised by sizable losses in the northern district of Amolatar. Across the sub…
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Gulu Boda-boda Riders Curse Politicians
GULU – About 22,000 Gulu boda-boda riders allied to Gulu City Boda- Boda Association are directing their anger at politicians, who they say used them, months to the January 14 general election…
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Farmers Unite To Push Shea Nuts Prices Up
GULU – For years, locals in the northern district of Gulu have earned way too little – about Shs 500, from selling a kilogram of unprocessed shea nuts, despite its invaluable nutritional…
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Lamwo Farmers In Panic As Rains Come
LAMWO – About 520 Lamwo farmers are afraid that flooding from heavy rains could portend another bad season and harvest. Most of the apprehensive farmers are within Agoro irrigation scheme and are…
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Gulu Sells District Land To Pay Sacked Employees
GULU – Saddled with a soaring debt load, Gulu District Local Government has sold at least 30 plots of district land to pay off about Shs 6 billion in compensation to local…
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Struggling SACCO Appeals For Bailout
HOIMA – A struggling Teachers’ Saving and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) in Hoima Oil City is appealing for a government financial bailout – with good reason. The 175 member Hoima Municipality Teachers…
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Gulu District SACCOs Run On Shoe-string Budget
GULU – About 30 cooperatives in the northern district of Gulu will be kneecapped financially in the 2021/2022 financial year. They have been offered only Shs 7.9 million to run their activities…
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Kwania District Releases Emyooga Cash
KWANIA –After passing the multi-layered fit-and-proper test, at least four out of 36 Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) in Kwania district have finally received Shs 30 million each under the Presidential Initiative…
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Huge Chunks Of Tea Wasting Away In Zombo
ZOMBO –Tea agriculture has gained a big toehold in the West Nile district of Zombo but frustration is growing among farmers over the lack of a processing factory and the pitiable prices…
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