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Will the Parish Development Model end household poverty?
For more than 35 years, the government has come out with various approaches and mechanisms of fighting poverty with the bigger aim of moving the country into a middle-income status. Some of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government releases Shs1.5b for two new seed secondary schools in Alebtong
ALEBTONG – The government has released Shs1.5b to kick start the construction of two seed secondary schools in Alebtong district. State Minister for Sports, Denis Hamson Obua says, the two new schools…
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Government earmarks 10 tractors for Acholi sub-region
ACHOLI – The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries is in the process of supplying 10 tractors for the Acholi sub-region this year. This follows an…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara city councilors accuse city clerk of misappropriating funds used to procure land
MBARARA – Mbarara City councillors have tasked the City Clerk to appropriately account for more than Shs 624 million used to procure two different pieces of land that were meant for the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
60% of buildings and physical structures in Gulu are illegal -National Planning Authority
GULU – Authorities in Gulu City are on the spot for failing to stop physical structures, buildings and construction works that have not been approved. A report by the National Planning Authority…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima Catholic diocese receives Shs 388m for girl child protection
HOIMA – The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke has condemned the increasing number child abuse cases. Mateke said, COVID-19 has caused serious impact on children globally…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Shs2 billion refugee project launched in Kikuube district
KIKUUBE – The government of Uganda has invested Shs 2.155 billion in campaigns aimed at improving service delivery in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Kyangwali sub-county, Kikuube district. The project includes the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NDA bans a local health energy product manufactured in Kasese district
KASESE – The National Drug Authority (NDA) has banned the manufacture of “The Stronger Weekend Products” by Thembomar Investment in Mpondwe, Kasese district. According to Abiaz Rwamwiri, the Public Relations Manager of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Alemere cooperative disagree over land offered to Lira University
AMOLATAR – Leaders of Alemere Farming Cooperative Society in Alemere sub-county, Amolatar district have disagreed over the land offered to Lira University to establish Faculty of Agriculture and Fisheries. Last month, a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UNRA resumes construction of Lakang-Rhino Camp landing site
ARUA – The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has resumed the construction of a landing site that will see a ferry deployed to connect Amuru and Acholi sub-regions to Rhino Camp in…
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