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Mbale SS launches Shs 120mln ICT project
MBALE, June 15, 2024 – Mbale Secondary School in Mbale City days ago launched a Shs120 million “Smart Classroom Project” with the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency [KOICA]. The project…
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Agro-industrialisation, tourism and mineral devt to expand Uganda’s economy
KAMPALA, June 14, 2024 – Uganda’s growth strategy for the 2024/2025 financial year is anchored on agro-industrialisation, tourism development, mineral development including oil and gas, and technology and innovation, the Minister of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango journalists urged to form SACCOs
OYAM, June 10, 2024 – Benson Walter Dila Oyuku, Oyam District LCV Chairman has advised journalists in Lango Sub-region to form Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] if they are to benefit…
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Allocation of Shs 87mln to cooperatives sector draws mixed reactions in Kwania
KWANIA June 8, 2024 – A move by Kwania district council to allocate a sum of Shs 87 million to the district’s Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives sector has sparked mixed reactions from…
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Over 14,600 benefit from Students’ Loan Scheme
KAMPALA, June 5, 2024 – The number of beneficiaries of the Students’ Loan Scheme in Uganda has grown to 14, 601, according to the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board [HESFB] that manages…
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Mbarara City approve Shs 51.4bln budget for next financial year
MBARARA CITY, June 2, 2024 – Mbarara City has approved a total budget of Shs 51,475,161,000 for the financial year [FY] 2024/2025, which is slightly higher than Shs 39.3 billion for the…
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Kikuube district approves Shs 31bln budget for FY 2024/2025
KIKUUBE, May 31, 2024 – The Kikuube district council has approved a budget of Shs 31.2 billion for the financial year 2024/2025, up from sh29.6bln for the financial year [FY] 2023/2024. The…
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Excitement as sub-county in Masindi district gets first govt secondary school
MASINDI, May 26, 2024 – Leaders in Masindi district have launched the construction of a Shs 2.7 billion first-ever government secondary school in Miirya Sub-county. The parents welcomed the project with joy…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 140 coops in Masindi have expired certificates
MASINDI, May 23, 2024 – At least 146 cooperatives in Masindi district, and municipality have expired certificates, according to the list published by the Ministry of Trade, Industry Cooperatives [MTIC]. Apparently, soldiers…
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UPDF burns illegal fishing gear on Lake Albert
KIKUUBE, May 22, 2024 – The Uganda People’s Defence Forces’ Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU] guarding Lake Albert has burned illegal fishing gear worth Shs 265 million. The equipment destroyed belonged to fishermen…
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