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Environment
Over 180 tons of plastic bottles collected in Lira City within three years
IRA – A total of 183 tons of plastic bottles have been collected in Lira City within a period of three years. The collection of plastic bottles by the recycling companies is…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kumi RDC urges Ugandans to embrace saving culture
KUMI – The Kumi resident district commissioner [RDC], Ahmed Washaki has urged residents in the district and Ugandans at large to embrace a saving culture, saying it is important in wealth creation.…
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News
Lira district struggling to recover Shs 808mln disbursed under YLP
LIRA – Lira district is struggling to recover Shs 808 million disbursed to various youth groups under Youth Livelihood Programme [ YLP ]. In the financial year 2014/2015, Lira district funded 127…
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Alcohol Bill: Stakeholders in Kampala propose harsher restrictions
KAMPALA-Stakeholders have proposed tougher restrictions to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol in the country with a fine of Shs 20 milliom or spending 10 years in prison proposed in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister warns boda-boda riders against lavish spending
KYOTERA– The Minister of State for Micro-finance, Haruna Kasolo has warned boda-boda cyclists against wasteful spending, urging them to instead spend more on activities that boost their incomes. Speaking at the opening…
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Agriculture
NaCORI unveils trap to catch coffee pests
MASAKA -In a bid to save coffee plantations in the Greater Masaka districts from the black coffee twig borers, the National Coffee Research Institute [ NaCORI ] has developed a bait trap,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee business is my life, my passion, says the enterprising Dison Kaleng
KAPCHORWA – Dison Kaleng, 35, the proprietor of Bros Coffee in Kapchorwa town, says his growing coffee value chain business is his life and passion. Bros Coffee may sound a name unfamiliar,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Embracing PDM: Govt Chief Whip Obua urges Alebtong lower council leaders to mobilise citizens
LIRA-Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has called upon LCI and LCII chairpersons in Alebtong district to mobilise people to embrace Parish Development Model [PDM] as well as monitor other government programmes.…
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News
PDM: Minister Engola calls for bylaw on alcohol consumption
OYAM-State minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Okello Engola has called upon local leaders in the Lango Sub-region to ban the sale of alcohol during working hours so that people…
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Police officers learn survival skills as retirement nears
FORT PORTAL – About 100 police officers from Rwenzori West who are nearing retirement have been equipped with skills on how to live a better life after their service in the force.…
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