Politics
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UVCCL coffee deal: Investors want to mortgage govt land at Namanve
KAMPALA– Even though President Yoweri Museveni and NRM caucus Members of Parliament [MPs] have agreed to review the controversial coffee export deal signed between the government and Vinci Coffee Company Limited [UVCCL], the…
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Food and energy price shocks from Ukraine war could last for years
KAMPALA– The war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that will keep prices at historically high levels through…
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Premier urges the public to plant palm trees to increase palm oil production
KABAROLE – The Ugandan Prime Minister Robbinah Nabbanja has urged the general public to plant more palm trees to increase on the production of palm oil in the country. Nabbanja said prices…
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Lira LC5 turns down minister’s letter to suspend land board
LIRA -The Lira district LC5 Chairperson, Richard Cox Okello Orik has turned down a directive by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba to suspend six members of the…
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Acholi leaders applaud Uganda Breweries for supporting commercial agriculture
GULU – Leaders from Acholi sub region have applauded Uganda Breweries Limited [UBL] for supporting commercial agriculture in northern Uganda. The company officials were on Friday in Gulu at Ker Kwaro Acholi…
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District water engineer in trouble for diverting community water borehole
KIKUUBE – The Kikuube district water engineer Hillary Agondeze is in trouble for allegedly diverting water sources for the community of Rugwano village in Kinogozi parish Buhimba sub-county Kikuube. In the last…
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Soroti Catholic Diocese Bishop tasks government to address renewed cattle raids in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions
SOROTI– The people living along the border between Katakwi and Kapelebyong districts in eastern Uganda and Karamoja sub-region are in urgent need of improved security to protect them from attacks by the…
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Shs116b Lira-Kamdini road construction launched
LIRA – The government has launched the reconstruction of Lira –Kamdini road which covers 75km stretch in the three districts of the Lango sub region. State Minister for Works and Transport, Musa…
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Concentrate on Health Centre IVs, govt urged
KAMPALA– Government should prioritise the establishment of health centre IVs instead of hospitals in districts since the lower health units can handle obstetrics gynaecology and children’s illnesses, which make up most admissions…
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Minister tasks MPs to mobilise people to get out of poverty
WEST NILE – After very many interventions by government to eradicate poverty across the country failed, the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has tasked MPs to mobilise Ugandans for the Parish Development Model…
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