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Kitgum-Kidepo Road upgrade boosted with Shs 450bln loan approval
KAMPALA, May 1, 2024 – Parliament has approved a government request to borrow about 110.5 million Euros [about Shs 450 billion] from Standard Chartered Bank to finance the tarmacking of Kitgum-Kidepo Road.…
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Parliament approves over Shs 1 trillion supplementary budget
KAMPALA, May 1, 2024 – Parliament has approved a supplementary expenditure budget worth Shs1.106 trillion for settling the offtake arrangement between government and DEI BioPharma Limited, wage, pension and gratuity shortfalls. During…
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Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 percent of the world’s workers
GENEVA, May 1, 2024 – A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 percent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational…
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MoU signed with IFFCO to host the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024
NEW DELHI, May 1, 2024 – A Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] was recently signed by the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative [ IFFCO ] for holding the ICA…
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Africa Road Builders: Two African Heads of State receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize
ABIDJAN, April 30, 2024 – The “Africa Road Builders” Selection Committee recently met in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea…
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Luwero factory now buys sugarcane from Bunyoro farmers
MASINDI, April 30, 2024 – Bunyoro Sugarcane Cooperative Union Limited [BSCUL] in Masindi district, and Victoria Sugar Limited in Luwero district, recently entered into a memorandum of understanding [MoU], enabling one of the…
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Minister Barugahara urges UN to support Uganda’s creative industry
KAMPALA, April 30, 2024 – Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs wants the United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] to support the Ugandan creative industry by offering…
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Govt, private sector urged to employ skilled youth
MBARARA, April 30, 2024 – Government agencies and the private sector have been urged to employ youth who have been enabled by government to acquire hands-on skills through the Presidential Skilling Initiative.…
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Fish cooperative in Kenya meeting increased demand for fish
NAIROBI, April 30, 2024 – William Ebukut lives with his family of seven in Loiyangalani town located in Marsabit County on the eastern bank of Lake Turkana. The lake occupies northwestern Kenya,…
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Kiryandongo: Youth groups receive value addition machinery
KIRYANDONGO, April 29, 2024 – The Office of the National Chairman [ONC] of the National Resistance Movement [NRM] has donated value addition equipment to 45 youth groups in Kiryandongo district to empower…
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