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“Indigenous fishermen to take lead in protecting lakes” – Museveni directs
JINJA CITY, August 9, 2025—President Yoweri Museveni has directed that the indigenous fishermen in the country will manage the lakes, assisted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF]’s Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU].…
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Gov’t delivers 269,000 coffee seedlings to Lango Subregion
LIRA, August 8, 2025 –– The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], has delivered a total of 269,000 clonal Robusta coffee seedlings to farmers across…
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Kapchorwa NRM leaders launch VSLA for financial access and political mobilisation
KAPCHORWA, August 7, 2025 – In a move aimed at fostering financial independence and enhancing grassroots political mobilisation, the National Resistance Movement [NRM] party leaders in Sirimityo Parish, Kapchorwa District, have officially…
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PDM: SHACU to probe officials over ghost enterprise groups
NEBBI, 6 August 2025 –– A team from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit [SHACU], led by Maj. Martha Asiimwe, has informed Nebbi district leaders of plans to launch a nationwide investigation into…
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Teso farmers struggling to access Agricultural Credit Facility
SOROTI, August 6, 2025 –– Farmers in the Teso Subregion in eastern Uganda are facing difficulties accessing the Agricultural Credit Facility [ACF], which was established to help boost agricultural production. The ACF…
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PDM beneficiaries in Lira told: “It is time to pay back the loans”
LIRA, August 5, 2025 – As the period for political campaigns in Uganda opens up, officials from the Lira District Local Government have launched a sensitisation drive aimed at urging beneficiaries of…
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New law to require bankers to hold professional practising licence
KAMPALA, August 3, 2025 –– The Government of Uganda plans to table a new bill in Parliament that will require all practising bankers in the country to hold a professional practising licence.…
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Adjumani revives environmental committees to combat natural resource depletion
ADJUMANI, August 2, 2025 — Adjumani District Local Government, with support from the Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative [URRI], has reactivated its District and Sub-county Environment and Natural Resource Committees [DENRCs]. These committees,…
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EAC convenes regional experts meeting to shape unified key messages ahead of COP30
ENTEBBE, July 30, 2025 — In preparation for the 30th Conference of the Parties [ COP30 ] to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC], the East African Community [EAC]…
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Elephants destroy crops, spark fears of hunger crisis in Abim district
ABIM, July 30, 2025 – – A herd of elephants from Kidepo Valley National Park has ravaged farmlands in Abim Subcounty, Abim district in the Karamoja Sub-region, triggering fears of an impending…
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