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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira University to open faculty of agriculture in Amolatar
LIRA-Lira University is to open a Faculty of Agriculture and Fisheries in Amolatar district after it was offered land there to kick-start the project. According to the university`s vice chancellor, Prof. Jasper…
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Paicho Primary School fights absenteeism with food
GULU-By growing its own food, Paicho Primary School in Gulu district hopes to reduce absenteeism and improve its performance in Primary Leaving Examinations [PLE]. Bosco Odokonyero, the head teacher of the government-aided…
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UPDF recovers over 600 guns in Karamoja
MOROTO – Joint security forces have netted 2,803 suspects and recovered 612 guns and,3,998 ammunition in the ongoing operation to rid the Karamoja Sub-region of deadly cattle raids and criminality. The Uganda…
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Stray hippos kill cattle in Katakwi district
KATAKWI-Residents of Kapujan Sub-county in Katakwi district are living in fear after a school of hippopotamuses [ hippos ] invaded the area, killing six head of cattle, as well as destroying hundreds…
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Alebtong LCI on the run after selling gov’t bicycle
ALEBTONG-The Local council one chairperson of Telela village in Adwir Sub-county, Alebtong district is in trouble after he sold a bicycle donated by the government. According to Paddy Francis Ogwang, the Adwir…
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Evictees in Kikuube IDP camp living without food, as women and girls are raped and defiled
KIKUUBE-“We are living a miserable life in this camp. Where will our help come from?” Ester Turyahebwa, a mother to 8 children who stays at Kigyayo camp for the internally displaced people…
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International
Co-op accelerated support scheme for values-led and innovative suppliers sees first products reach shelves
LONDON-Co-op launches accelerated support scheme for smaller suppliers with products from the first phase of innovative and values-led businesses hitting the shelves this month. The incubator scheme, known as ‘the Apiary’, works…
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Health
Over Shs 5.7bln availed to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children
KAMPALA-The Government of Japan has provided a US$ 1.5 million [ Shs 5,710,860,000] contribution to the United Nations Children’s Agency [UNICEF], to support Uganda to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Northern Uganda: CBO empowers needy girls of cooperators
PADER – The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown for two years affected girl children of the cooperators in Pader, Kitgum, Agago, and Lamwo districts as they got pregnant and could not continue with classes…
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Mayhem in Kasese with 16 dead, six injured and one missing in tell-tale flooding
The Tuesday mudslide coming after a heavy downpour in Kasese district’s Rukooki sub-county has left 16 people confirmed dead as rescue workers continue to look for bodies under the debris. Some six…
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