Gulu District
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News
200 Street-connected youth benefit from commercial farming training
GULU, April 29, 2025 — A total of 200 formerly street-connected youth are now reaping the rewards of commercial farming training received at Gang Wa Peace Farm in Pabwoo Village, Gulu district.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Education takes lion’s share of Gulu district 2022/23 budget
GULU– Gulu District Local Government has approved a budget of Shs 32.9 billion for the 2022/2023 financial year, with the education sector taking a lion’s share of the total budget. The budget…
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Gulu district secures Shs1.2bln for construction of a modern operating theater
GULU – Gulu district local government has secured Shs1.2 billion for the construction of a modern operating theater and a medical laboratory at Awach Health Facility. Gulu district Vice Chairperson, Vicky Atim…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Life after Prison: Authorities call for establishment of re-integration, counselling centers for former inmates
GULU – Margaret Orik Obonyo, the Aswa Region Prison Commander has called on the various stakeholders to establish a re-integration and counselling facility to help former inmates adapt to life after prison…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Value added pumpkins boost Gulu Farmers savings
GULU – A local farmer group in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is adding value to pumpkins in a bid to cut out the middle man and earn more money from the fruit.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Deposit protection fund donates items worth Shs 20 million to St. Jude Orphanage
GULU – The Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda (DPFU), a government agency that works in partnership with the various commercial banks in the country has donated items worth Shs 20 million to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu City Councilors petition President Museveni over delayed remittance of local revenue
GULU – Councilors of Gulu City Council and the two divisional councils of Bar Dege-Layibi and Pece Laroo have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over the delay by the Central Government to remit…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Journalists ask for financial literacy training
ACHOLI – Journalists in Acholi sub-region have asked Gulu District Local Government to support them with financial literacy training. Felix Ochola Okun, the Chairperson of Kacel Watwero Village Savings and Loans Association…
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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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Development
Avocado cooperative seeks to make Acholi a green sub-region
ACHOLI – Gulu Avocado Farmers’ Cooperative Society has embarked on growing Hass Avocado variety; an initiative that will see heavily deforested Acholi sub-region green again and increase income among households. The Hass Avocado…
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