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Three Hoima Sugar Limited workers in trouble over assault of trader
KIKUUBE– Three Hoima Sugar Limited officials in Kikuube district are in trouble over allegations of assaulting a businessman. The victim, Fred Bakyali, 52, a sugarcane supplier for Kyejonjo Sugar Factory has lodged…
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East Africa
Rwanda’s best fairtrade coffees recognised
KIGALI– Bwishaza Coffee Cooperative and Abateraninkunga ba sholi were recently announced as the winners of the second edition of the Rwanda Kombe la Dhahabu Fairtrade Coffee Quality Contest. Bwishaza emerged as a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Work paralysed as Bugambe Tea Estate workers protest over poor pay
KIKUUBE– Work at Bugambe Tea Estate Factory in Bugambe Sub-county in Kikuube district was paralysed after the employees of the factory went on strike demanding a monthly pay rise. The workers held…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso cassava farmers upset by govt failure to build processing plant
AMURIA– The State Minister for Teso affairs Dr. Clement Ongalo Obote has reiterated his commitment to push government to fulfill its promise of establishing a cassava-processing factory in Teso Sub-region after farmers…
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Lira farmers urged to invest in fish farming
LIRA– Tom Anyii, Chief Executive Officer Taf Agro Tourism Mixed Farm at Telela village in Lira City East Division, has advised farmers across the country to invest in fish farming but also…
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Development
Legislators mesmerised by factory extracting fuel from cassava
NWOYA– Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry have commended Bukona Agro Processors Ltd, a local factory in Nwoya district that is manufacturing cooking fuel out of cassava. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 6,000 Nwoya farmers stuck with ready mangoes
NWOYA– Over 6,000 fruit farmers in Nwoya district do not have market for their ready mangoes as there is no juice-processing factory in the district to add value to the fruits. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cane shortage forces Atiak Sugar Factory to close
AMURU– Atiak Sugar Factory, a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holding Company Ltd [ HIHC ], has temporarily stopped manufacturing sugar due to the shortage of sugarcane in the area. The factory has…
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Agago commercial farmers excited over oil factory plans
AGAGO– Commercial oil seed farmers in Agago district are excited over plans to build an oil seed extraction plant in the district. This comes after Leonard Ojok, the Agago district L.C V Chairperson…
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