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Lira farmers alerted of counterfeit seeds on market

LIRA, April 8, 2024 – As the new planting season takes centre stage in the country, farmers in Lira district have been advised to watch out for counterfeit seeds flooding the local…

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Pastors advised to support govt in fight against poverty

MBALE, April 8, 2024 – Pastors in Uganda have been challenged to mobilise the faithful in the fight against household poverty. According to the Serere County Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Omoding, pastors…

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Emergency care to be enhanced in Western Uganda

MBARARA CITY, April 6, 2024 – Seed Global Health Uganda in partnership with the Ministry of Health has pledged to continue working with Mbarara University of Science and Technology [MUST] and Mbarara…

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Farmers advised to embrace four-acre farming model

KIKUUBE, April 6, 2024 – Farmers in Kikuube district have been urged to embrace President Yoweri Museveni’s four-acre farming model to grow more crops and keep animals instead of putting all their…

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JPMorgan Chase to deepen partnerships with AfDB

ABIDJAN, April 5, 2024  -African Development Bank Group [AfDB] Senior Vice-President Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala, has held talks with top executives of JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank, on potential partnership between the…

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Global coffee exports up 9.5 percent in February 2024

KAMPALA, April 5, 2024 – Global green bean exports in February 2024 amounted to 10.43 million bags, as compared with 9.52mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 9.5…

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Floods displace hundreds  in Butaleja district

BUTALEJA, April 5, 2024 – Floods have hit Butaleja district, destroying properties worth millions of shillings and displaced residents. The most affected sub-counties include Himutu, Butaleja, Mazimasa, Butaleja Town Council. Travellers were seen…

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Nandala gets another term as BCU Chairman

MBALE, April 5, 2024 – The Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Secretary General, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, has been re-elected unopposed as the Chairperson of Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU] for another term. Nandala,…

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MPs demand mass education on mycotoxins contamination

KAMPALA, April 4, 2024 – Parliament’s committees of Agriculture, and Health want government to design a public information programme to sensitise Ugandans about the risks posed by mycotoxins contamination to human health.…

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Shs 2.8bln paid to war debt claimants bounces due to dormant bank accounts

KAMPALA, April 4, 2024 – Over Shs 2.8 billion disbursed to the accounts of war debt claimants from Acholi, Lango, and Teso sub-regions bounced. The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, told Parliament during…

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