Fire
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Western
Mbarara traders to buy own fire truck
MBARARA – Traders under the umbrella Mbarara City Traders Association [MBACITA] have launched a fundraising drive aimed at buying a fire truck. This follows recent fire outbreaks that destroyed properties worth billions…
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Western
Fire guts timber workshops in Mbarara City
MBARARA – Traders lost timber and other properties worth millions of shillings on Friday after a fire razed workshops along Victor Bwana Road in Mbarara City. It is alleged the fire was…
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News
Vendors lose millions as fire guts Kitagwenda market
KITAGWENDA: Vendors who have been operating from Kitagwenda central market in Kitagwenda town council are crying foul after the market caught fire burning all their goods to ashes. The fire that gutted…
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News
Police probe fire outbreak at Mbale Industrial Park
MBALE – Police in Mbale City are investigating the cause of a fire that on Tuesday night gutted Grace Foam Factory at Mbale Sino Industrial Park in Mbale city, destroying property worth…
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East Africa
Mob lynches coffee thieves in botched robbery of cooperative
MACHAKOS-Two suspected thieves have been killed by an irate mob in Mitaboni, Kathiani Sub-county of Machakos County, reports Sacco review. The two were among 13 suspected thieves who broke into Kithima Farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kinyara Sugar limited, farmers lose more than 3000 acres of cane to fire
MASINDI – Kinyara Sugar Limited and the sugarcane out-growers in Masindi district have lost more than 3000 acres of sugarcane plantation to fires since December last year, says Mathivanan Masilamani, the Agriculture…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fort Portal leaders ask traders who lost their businesses to fire to form a SACCO
FORT PORTAL – The Fort Portal Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Irene Linda Mugisa has asked traders who lost their businesses to fire last week to form a Savings and Credit Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fire guts timber worth millions; one dead in Mbarara City
MBARARA – Dozens of traders lost property worth millions on Monday October 25th, 2021 after a fire engulfed timber traders near Mbarara Bus Park in Mbarara City. The fire, that is believed…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fire Razes 40 Acres Of Cane In Masindi
MASINDI –The 40 acres of sugarcane razed by fire is a huge jolt to farmers on Kihonda farm in Labongo Sub County, Masindi District. Speaking to theCooperator, the farmers said the fire…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi sugarcane farmers grapple with recurrent fires
Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district have expressed concern over a recent spate of fire incidents that have destroyed sugarcane plantations and left the affected farmers counting losses. Justice Twinowaitu, a resident of…
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