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PDM: Media urged to play critical role

GULU-Media practitioners in Northern Uganda have been urged to play the role of information, and sensitisation, if the Parish Development Model [PDM] is to succeed in the sub-region that has the potential…

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Power outage irks members of Kwania Salon Operators’ Emyooga SACCO

KWANIA – Members of Salon Operators Emyooga SACCOs in Aduku town council in Kwania district are crying over the prolonged power outage that has made them incur losses in the running of…

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Youth decry lack of land for commercial farming

KABAROLE – Youth in Rwenzori Sub-region at large have appealed to government to provide them with land so that they can fully engage in commercial agriculture and fight poverty. The young people…

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Kikuube leaders implicated in destruction of Bugoma Forest Reserve

KIKUUBE – Kikuube district leaders, including members of the district executive committee have been accused of aiding the depletion of Bugoma Forest Reserve through the cutting of trees for timber and charcoal…

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AfDB approves trade finance transaction guarantee facility to Bancobu

BUJUMBURA – The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved a trade finance transaction guarantee facility to Banque Commerciale Du Burundi [ Bancobu ], Leveraging Bancobu’s strategic footprint in the East African…

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Fighting poverty: Women urged to embrace govt programmes

TORORO – Women in Tororo district have been urged to embrace government programmes aimed at fighting household poverty in the country. The vice chairperson Tororo district, Rebecca Akumu, implored the women to…

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Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative wants to be supported with tractors

BULIISA – Members of Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative Society Limited in Buliisa district have appealed to Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Prime Minister, Andrew Byakutaga to help link them to organisations that can support them…

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PDM Secretariat ranks Zombo and Arua as best performing districts in West Nile

ARUA – The Parish Development Model [PDM] Secretariat has ranked Zombo and Arua districts as the best performing districts in implementing the poverty alleviation programme where government intends to move 3.5 million…

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SSA growth to decelerate to 3.6 percent

WASHINGTON- Amid a global slowdown, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa [ SSA ] is expected to decelerate to 3.6 percent before rebounding to 4.2 percent in 2024 in line with a global recovery, subsiding…

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PDM: Bureaucracy delays funds accessibility in Lango Sub-region

LIRA – Bureaucracy is delaying utilisation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds in Lango Sub-region despite the fact that the beneficiaries in the area badly need the money to procure planting…

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