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CECAFA U18 Women’s Championship: Uganda seeks to keep perfect run intact against Burundi

BUJUMBURA – Uganda U18 women’s national team will go into Tuesday’s game Burundi seeking to keep their brilliant run so far. The junior team has registered two wins in as many games…

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Kasese district boss rallies residents to embrace gov’t programmes

KASESE – Kasese district LCV chairperson, Erifaz Muhindi has appealed to the residents in the district to embrace government programmes such as the Parish Development Model [PDM] and others if they are…

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US$ 9.9mln Bezos grant for virtual fencing to combat climate change

NEW YORK – The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded US$ 9.9 million to the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences [CALS] to support a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers…

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Money lender attacked, robbed Shs 10mln

NAMISINDWA – A prominent money lender in Namisindwa district was Sunday midnight attacked and robbed of Shs10 million at his home. According to police, John Luwengele, a resident of Wafuluya cell, Lusantsa ward…

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Apac PDM SACCO leaders arrested over missing funds

APAC – Police in Apac district have arrested four PDM SACCO leaders for failure to account for Shs 51 million meant for the beneficiaries of the Parish Model [PDM]. The SACCO leaders…

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aBi Finance injects Shs 120bln in green agribusiness

MBARARA -aBi Finance Limited in partnership with local commercial banks, Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions [MDIs], and SACCOs has so far sunk Shs 120 billion in the agribusiness sector in form of cheap credit.…

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MPs to engage all stakeholders on new Shs 10bln minimum capital requirement for MDIs

KAMPALA – The Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development will engage all stakeholders in regard to the new minimum paid-up capital requirement for Microfinance Deposit Taking Institutions [MDIs] in Uganda. Speaker…

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Netball World Cup 2023: All set for spectacular start in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN – The stage is set and it’s finally go-time as Africa’s first-ever Netball World Cup gets underway in Cape Town on Friday. The 16 competing teams arrived in South Africa’s…

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Farmers told to embrace new innovations at agricultural trade fair

GULU – Northern Uganda small-scale farmers were urged to embrace new innovations and technologies to respond to the emerging challenges of climate change as a regional agricultural exhibition commenced in Gulu City.…

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You are not beneficiaries of PDM, SACCO leaders, politicians told

APAC – The government has excluded members of the Parish Development Committees [PDCs] as well as politicians at the LCII level from benefiting from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ]. The…

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