Politics
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NRM urges religious and cultural leaders to help masses fight poverty
OMORO- Richard Todwong, the Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement [ NRM ] Party, has interested the religious and cultural leaders in Omoro district and the entire Sub region to…
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Lack of tea policy affecting Uganda’s farmers
FORT PORTAL– Tea is Uganda’s third most important agricultural export earner after coffee and fish, but tea farmers say they need a policy to regulate the sector. It is one of the…
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Co-op Ukraine rallies support for people, offers bread and bed
KYIV– Since the Russian military invaded Ukraine, the all-Ukrainian union of consumer co-operatives (Ukrkoopspilka) has been working tirelessly to provide products and services to members and customers, offer shelter to people displaced…
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Arrests, a solution to recovery of Emyooga money in Mbarara
MBARARA – The misuse of Emyooga SACCO money has sparked tension in Mbarara City where some of the culprits, who include a government official and SACCO leaders were arrested. So far, Mbarara…
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Lango youth leaders ask govt to create more jobs
LIRA-Youth leaders in the Lango sub-region have asked the government to create more job opportunities for the young people if they are to stop looking for employment in Arab countries where some…
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Soroti hospital gets money for x-ray machine
SOROTI– The Imaging Department of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital will this year get a new x-ray machine, two years after the one that was operating broke down. This is after the hospital…
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Omoro County by-election: Time for campaigns changed as farmers head to gardens
OMORO– Candidates fighting to clinch the Omoro County Parliamentary seat have been forced to adjust their time for campaigns as farmers shun morning rallies. The locals, who are majorly farmers, have so…
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NRM to form SACCOs countrywide
OMORO– The National Resistance Movement Organisation [NRM] is considering establishing Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] at the grassroots in a bid to fight poverty among its members. This follows complaints from…
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MPs quiz land commission officials over fraud
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament yesterday questioned officials from the Uganda Land Commission [ULC] over a case of fraud in the Land Information System [LIS] The MPs on Parliament’s Committee on Statutory Authorities and…
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Bujagali Hydropower project faces forensic audit as it seeks tax exemptions
KAMPALA– The Members of Parliament are immovable on approving tax exemptions for some companies in Uganda Uganda, pending a report on its effectiveness. The MPs instead have allowed a one-year tax exception to…
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