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Development
Teso citrus farmers benefit as training centre is opened
SOROTI– Teso Citrus Training and Education Centre was officially opened in Arapai Sub-county in Soroti City to help citrus fruit farmers including cooperatives to improve the quality of their fruits, and add…
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Health
WHO report shows poorer health outcomes for many vulnerable refugees and migrants
GENEVA– Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are…
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Cooperatives & Communities
World coffee producers discuss sector’s challenges and opportunities
KAMPALA– For its third edition, held virtually on July 12, 2022, the World Coffee Producers Forum [WCPF] welcomed international experts and high-level representatives from different coffee-producing countries and coffee associations to discuss…
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Africa
US$550,000 earmarked to conduct study on developing Africa Cloud Ecosystem
LUSAKA-The African Development Bank [AfADB] and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] have signed an agreement for a US$550,000 [about Shs 2 billion] NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility [IPPF]…
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Development
UDB’s Shs 2.45trn helped anchor Uganda’s growth in 2021-report
KAMPALA– Uganda Development Bank [ UDB ], the country’s national development finance institution days ago released its 2021 Direct Impact [DI] Report highlighting the fundamental role that the Bank continues to play toward…
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News
Kumam elect their first cultural leader
KABERAMAIDO– Raphael Otaya, a former tutor at Soroti Core Primary Teachers College [PTC] has become the first king of the Kumam speakers [Won Atekerin Papa Me Kumam]. He was on Thursday last…
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News
Tears as hundreds in Teso miss joining local defence force
SOROTI- Tears of anguish rolled down on Wednesday at Soroti Sports Grounds in Soroti City as hundreds of youth who had turned up to be recruited into the Local Defence Personnel [LDP]…
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News
Lira district head castigates ministry over Shs 600mln allocation
LIRA– Lira district, LC5 chairperson, Richard Cox Okello Orik is displeased after the Health Ministry allocated only Shs 600 million to the district’s health department in the next financial year. This is…
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News
Educationists ask Gulu University graduates to invest in agriculture
GULU – New graduates from Gulu University have been asked to take advantage of the agricultural value chains to create jobs for themselves. At least 1245 students from the various academic disciplines…
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News
Lango MPs urge govt on affordable education
LIRA– Members of Parliament [MPs] under the umbrella of Lango Parliamentary Group [LPG] have asked government to intervene and make secondary school education affordable to the children of poor parents in the…
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