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Legislators urge gov’t to give farmers seeds for new season
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have asked government to procure and distribute seeds to the farmers as a measure to avert famine in the months to come ahead. Some parts of the…
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Pork business resumes in Sheema and Bushenyi districts
BUSHENYI-Piggery farmers, businessmen and consumers in Bushenyi and Sheema districts are excited after the district veterinary department partially lifted the quarantine on the pork business. The districts had been attacked by African…
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Bugisu MPs want Lwakhakha upgraded to one-stop border post
MBALE – Bugisu Members of Parliament have urged government to transform Lwakhakha town council into a modern one-stop border post. The legislators said it will increase Uganda’s competitiveness in the East African…
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Development programmes: Bunyoro clerics urged to mobilise masses
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged religious leaders in Bunyoro Sub-region to mobilise the faithful so that they participate in government’s development programmes aimed at eradicating household poverty as…
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Museveni wants taxes on sugar confectionaries dropped
KAMPALA– President Yoweri Museveni wants parliament to reconsider the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2022 before he can sign it into law. Museveni wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among raising concern…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AfDB approves more than US$1bln for emergency food production plan
ABIDJANI-The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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Partners scale-up ‘fair data’ partnership for Ivorian cocoa farmers
ABIDJAN- An innovation-driven partnership launched by Fairtrade International, Fairtrade Africa, and digital solutions provider Farmforce will extend the deployment of a smart data management system to more than two dozen cocoa cooperatives…
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Prolonged dry spell bothers Nwoya livestock farmers
NWOYA– Livestock farmers in Nwoya district are worried as the hot sun continues to dry up water points and grazing land. The farmers in the district say they are finding it difficult…
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BOU ramps up CBR again
KAMPALA– Bank of Uganda [ BOU ]raised the indicative Central Bank Rate [CBR] to 8.5 percent for July from 7.5 percent before, as inflation rose – for the second time in a…
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NGO launches study to tackle HIV/AIDS-related stigma and poverty
MASAKA– International Centre for Child Health and Development [ICHAD] has launched a five-year- research study code-named ”Suubi Stronger Families” aimed at fighting poverty, strengthening financial stability and parenting in families affected by…
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