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Agriculture
New planting season: Govt to release Shs 4bln for farmers’ seeds
KAMPALA-The Minister of Finance, Matia billion for distribution of seeds to farmers to plant in the new season. Kasaija made the commitment during the plenary sitting on Thursday following Kasaija has pledged…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sembabule: Over 290 poor households receive PDM money
SSEMBABULE – A total of 299 subsistence farmer households in Sembabule district yesterday received a sum of Shs 159 million under the Parish Development Model PDM] to engage in selected enterprises. According…
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News
PAC gives district officials second chance to defend themselves
MBARARA – Four districts in Ankole region had their accounting officials sent home by the Parliamentary Accounts Committee [ PAC ] after they failed to present documents related to the money spent…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt to hire offices for Emyooga SACCOs
HOIMA – The State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has said government plans to hire offices for the Emyooga SACCOs across the country in a bid to ease monitoring of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Most Emyooga SACCOs in Arua fail to get extra cash
ARUA-More than half of the SACCOs in Arua district under Emyooga programme were unable to receive extra funding in the second phase of funding due to poor performance, according to district officials.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pay your loans by end of January 2023, Gulu City Emyooga SACCOs told
GULU-Nixon Komakech Atemo, the Principal Commercial Officer for Gulu City has urged Emyooga SACCOs to pay back their loans by January 31, 2023 or else they will face the wrath of the…
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Health
Amuru health workers decry inadequate accommodation
AMURU-Several health workers at Kaladima Health Center III in Lamogi Sub-county in Amuru district are painfully sharing housing units. The health centre which serves the communities of Lamogi and parts of Guru…
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Education
Pupils, teachers share one latrine in Namisindwa as classrooms remain inadequate
NAMISINDWA-Namisindwa district has a shortage of latrines in most government-aided schools, running under Universal Primary Education [UPE] programme, our investigation reveals. At Butsebangwe Primary School in Namabya Sub-county, 500 pupils, including seven…
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News
Alebtong district fails to recover Shs 1.4bln advanced to youth
ALEBTONG-Alebtong district has failed to recover Shs 1.4 billion that the government advanced to support various youth projects in the district. The money, according to a senior district official, was disbursed under…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sebei coop new leaders demand compensation, promise openness
KAPCHORWA-In a bid to revamp the union, Emmy Geoffrey Sayekwo, the newly elected chairperson of Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union [SECU] has asked government to compensate them for the loss of union properties.…
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