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Mbarara Hospital receives Shs 200mln anesthesia machine
MBARARA CITY, 20 December 2024 – Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital [MRRH] has received a fully equipped anesthesia machine from the Hal Tilbury family of San Diego. The anaesthesia machine is a critical…
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Govt, private sector urged to employ skilled youth
MBARARA, April 30, 2024 – Government agencies and the private sector have been urged to employ youth who have been enabled by government to acquire hands-on skills through the Presidential Skilling Initiative.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
USADF boosts Ankole primary societies with over Shs 2.8bln grant
MBARARA, January 30, 2024 – The U.S. African Development Foundation [ USADF ] in collaboration with the Government of Uganda is to inject a total of Shs 2,850,000,000 into selected coffee primary…
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Archbishop Kaziimba to decide fate of proposed West Ruwenzori diocese
BUNDIBUGYO – The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda [COU], the Most Rev Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, is expected to approve the creation of the proposed West Ruwenzori diocese if he…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara Businesses Closed Down
Security operatives in Mbarara City on Monday morning closed down on all businesses and offices, they claim were violating the presidential directives on Covid19. Streets of Mbarara City and its outskirts remained…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Microfinance minister to promote Emyooga products
The Minister of State for Micro-Finance & Small Enterprises, Hon. Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has pledged to create a department within the Microfinance Support Centre to expand the market base for products produced…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Central market vendors revive SACCO after 5-year break
Members of Masindi central market savings and credit cooperative society have revived their SACCO after a five-year break. According to its Chairperson, James Masaba, the SACCO had collapsed after the previous leadership…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ex-Office Attendant mints Shs 70m yearly from farming
About 15 kilometers from Aduku, along Ikwera to Nambieso Sub County road, lies Ogwang-med-mac farm owned by Patrick Ogwang, a former office attendant, now model farmer. Ogwang, who in the past worked…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara women receive training in meat processing
Women in Mbarara City have been equipped with skills in meat processing as part of efforts to encourage value addition to animal products in Western Uganda. According to Fred Kimbareba, the South…
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Farmers desperate as snails scourge Kabarole farmlands
Snails have invaded Kabarole district, destroying gardens of beans, tomatoes, Irish potatoes, cabbages, and severely impacting harvests. According to farmers in Kichwamba sub county Kabarole district, the snail invasion has scourged the…
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