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Graduate volunteers oriented in Kampala under major empowerment programme
By Steven Kinene and Joseph Ssekiranda KAMPALA, June 25, 2026 — More than 120 graduate volunteers and apprentices attended an orientation workshop organised by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development…
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NAP: Gender Ministry readies graduate volunteers for orientation in Kampala
KAMPALA, June 19, 2026 — About 100 graduate volunteers selected under the National Apprenticeship Programme [NAP], run by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development [MGLSD], are set to undergo orientation…
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Cooperatives Urge ILO to Tackle Platform Worker Exploitation and Gender Inequality
BRUSSELS, June 4, 2026 — The global cooperative movement has called on the International Labour Organization [ILO] to take decisive action to address worker exploitation in the platform economy and persistent gender…
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Hoima PWDs, others receive Shs 82mln to boost their livelihoods
HOIMA, April 29, 2026 — Hoima District Local Government has begun the disbursement of Shs 82 million to persons with disabilities [ PWDs ] and older persons in a bid to improve…
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Govt injects Shs 28bln into creative industry
LIRA CITY, November 19, 2025 — The government has allocated Shs 28 billion to support the creative industry through the Creative Arts Fund, a programme aimed at strengthening enterprises within the sector.…
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LIRA: CBOs urged to mobilise locals to embrace poverty eradication initiatives
LIRA, November 11, 2025 — Community-Based Organisations [CBOs] operating in Lira district have been urged to mobilise local residents to embrace government programmes aimed at eradicating household poverty. Some of the CBOs…
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Museveni challenges youth to make use of PDM to fight poverty
MASINDI, September 22, 2025 –The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has urged the youth to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] as a pathway out of poverty. Speaking during the belated National…
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Gender ministry engages stakeholders in western Uganda on GROW project
MBARARA CITY, September 2, 2025 – The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development [MoGLSD] has engaged stakeholders from Western Uganda to address challenges affecting the ongoing implementation of the Generating Recovery…
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EABC and AfDB sign US$ 1mln grant agreement to drive sustainable industrialisation in East Africa
ARUSHA, July 7, 2025 –– The East African Business Council [ EABC ] and the African Development Bank [AfDB] have officially signed a landmark US$ 1 million grant agreement to drive sustainable…
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New dawn: Gulu widow discovers golden profits in apiculture
GULU, May 28, 2025 — In the quiet village of Bemonya, Te-Atto-Hill Parish, Paicho Sub-county in Gulu district, a remarkable transformation is unfolding. A widow and mother of six, Shara Aryemo , 49,…
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