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Livestock farmers frustrated over NARO’s delay to release local anti-tick vaccine

MBARARA CITY, December 3, 2024 – Livestock farmers in the Ankole Subregion are growing increasingly frustrated over the delay in the release of a locally developed anti-tick vaccine, which has been under…

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Can we cooperate without communicating?

NEW DELHI, December 3, 2024 – If cooperativism was a country, it would be as big as India. If you lined up 1.2 billion cooperators, the total length of the queue would be…

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Bunyoro farmers launch forum to promote unity

MASINDI, December 2, 2024: Farmers in the oil-rich Bunyoro Sub-region have launched a forum called the International Rural Rehabilitation and Shelter Development Organisation [IRRASHEDE International Organisation], aimed at uniting farmers across the…

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Fighting poverty: Premier Nabbanja urges Tooro residents to embrace government programmes

KABAROLE, December 2, 2024: Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has called on the people of Tooro to embrace government programmes such as Emyooga, the Parish Development Model [PDM], the Youth Livelihood Programme [YLP],…

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EAC Heads of State agree to expedite establishment of Political Federation

ARUSHA, December 2, 2024 — East African Community [ EAC ] Heads of State have agreed to hasten the establishment of the Political Federation, the fourth and ultimate stage in the EAC…

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Standard Chartered donates Shs 50mln towards entrepreneurship and business development for youth with disabilities in Kalangala district

KAMPALA, December 1, 2024 –  Standard Chartered Bank Uganda last week donated Shs 50 million to the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda [NUDIPU] during an event held at its Head…

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Museveni urges East African leaders to push for economic and political integration

KAMPALA, December 1, 2024 — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged East African leaders to prioritise economic and political integration, warning that failure to unite could jeopardise the region’s future development. He…

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Gender-based violence: Speaker Among calls for protection of boys and men

KAMPALA, November 30, 2024 — The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has called for the protection of boys and men against gender-based violence [GBV] in homes and society at large. “Gender-based violence…

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Gov’t looking into concerns of Abavandimwe – Nabbanja

KAMPALA, November 30, 2024 –The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Robinah Nabbanja has assured Parliament that government will address the concerns of Abavandimwe, a community of Ugandans of Rwandese origin. Nabbanja said that…

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IFAD launches guidebook to help Uganda, others achieve agricultural methane reduction

KAMPALA, November 29, 2024 – As global efforts to achieve a 30 percent reduction in methane emissions by 2030 gain traction, the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] has launched a crucial…

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