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Youth Council demands for 35% of parish development model funds
KAMPALA – The National Youth Council sitting in Kampala have demanded that the government appropriates at least 35% of the Parish Development Model (PDM) to the youth groups. In a heated meeting,…
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Development
Minister orders contractor to correct road defect
BULIISA – Minister of State for Urban Development, Mario Kania Obiga has demanded for the immediate rectification of some faults found on a road constructed under the Albertine Region Sustainable Development Program…
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Nwoya district service commission to recruit 20 Parish Chiefs
NWOYA – Nwoya district local government is to prioritize the recruitment of parish chiefs, as the government extends the recruitment deadline to end of this month. Nwoya district has a total of…
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Development
Five Companies pre-selected to supply irrigation equipment to Nwoya farmers
NWOYA – Five private companies have been pre-selected to supply irrigation equipment to 141 selected farmers in Nwoya district under a micro-scale irrigation program introduced by the government. Solar now, Ferrest Investment…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwik Build Contractors & Engineering Ltd to be blacklisted over shoddy works
KIKUUBE – The State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang has ordered for Kwik Build Contractors & Engineering Ltd to be blacklisted in the district for shoddy work. The company owned by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Prime Minister Nabbanja intervenes in a refugee camp land conflict
KIKUUBE – Rt. Hon. Nabbanja Robinah, Prime Minister of Uganda has stopped the resettling of Congolese refugees on a disputed land in Bukinda parish, Kwangwali sub-county, Kikuube district. Nabbanja who visited the disputed…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango MPs query the verified cattle compensation list by government
LANGO – Lango Parliamentary Group (LPG) has queried the list of 18,469 beneficiaries of cattle compensation verified and validated by the government. They said the number of animals stolen during the insurgency…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government frustrating free electricity connections – Umeme
UGANDA – Electricity utility company Umeme has faulted the government for the low connections of households under the free connections program. In March, this year, the government allocated Shs.14.2 billion to fund…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The end of China’s runaway growth
Decades of double-digit growth have produced five problems that Chinese leader Xi Jinping hopes to correct with his “New Development Concept.” Will it work? CHINA – Two weeks ago, the concourse outside…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister urges oil companies to expedite the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) on oil and gas
KIKUUBE – The State Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Peter Aimat Lokeris has called on oil companies operating in the Albertine grabben to expedite the process of signing Final Investment Decision…
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