Politics
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Museveni assures people of livestock compensation
LIRA– The government is committed to compensating claimants who lost their cattle during the insecurity in north and eastern Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni said the compensation has since delayed…
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Dokolo district LCV Chairman, CAO involved in smear campaign
DOKOLO– Dokolo district Chief Administrative Officer [CAO] Isa Mbooge, has brushed off accusations brought against him by the district LCV Chairman James Otto Apili, as unfounded, the CAO adding that he is…
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Pay your loans, top govt officials warn Ugandans
KAMPALA– Ugandans who don’t want to pay back their loans are giving a bad image to the country, top government officials have said. The Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the…
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Mbarara district officials tasked to refund over Shs 5mln
MBARARA- Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee [PAC] has grilled the Mbarara district Chief Administrative Officer Edward Kasagara [CAO] and Principal Human Resource Officer Allan Kagaba for causing the district a financial loss of…
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Oil companies take over land for absentee landlords in Bunyoro
HOIMA – Government has okayed the oil companies to use the land purportedly owned by absentee landlords in the oil-rich Bunyoro sub region. Through the Petroleum Authority of Uganda [PAU], government has…
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Museveni roots for 4-acre farming approach to boost household incomes
OMORO– President Museveni is rooting for small-scale commercial farming approach in order to boost household incomes in northern Uganda. This comes at a time when the Acholi Sub-region, according to a survey…
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Refugees demand for inclusion in govt programmes
LAMWO– Refugees settled in the three settlement centres in Lamwo district want to benefit from government programmes such as; Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program, (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Fund, which are geared toward…
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Oil refinery project affected persons get land titles
HOIMA – 73 Kabaale oil refinery project affected persons [PAPs] whose families were displaced as government acquired land for the construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale Sub-county in Hoima district are…
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Banyankole managers arrested over misuse of union funds
MBARARA – Former Banyankole Kweterana Co-operative Union [BKCU] Chairman, Emmanuel Natukunda and his treasurer Andrew Kaggwa were Friday arrested and dragged to police to record statements over the alleged mismanagement of the…
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Vantage lawyers insist on selling properties of Bitature to recover U$34mln
KAMPALA– The battle to attach and sell some of the properties belonging to business mogul Patrick Bitature continues, Robert Kirunda whose law firm represents South African lenders- Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership,…
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