Gulu
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Karamoja farmers decry unreliable weather information
A section of farmers in Karamoja sub region in north eastern Uganda have appealed to governmental and nongovernmental organizations operating in the region to establish an effective weather forecasting pattern that will…
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News
Money changers smile as business at Elegu border starts to pick up
Money changers at Elegu one-stop border point, Atiak Sub County in Amuru district, have reason to smile as business slowly returns to normal. Majority of the money changers were pushed out of…
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East Africa
Gulu bodabodas defy COVID-19 ban on passenger transport, blame ‘hunger’
Members of Gulu City Boda Boda Association have resumed carrying passengers, in total disregard of the ongoing moratorium against them, citing ‘hunger’. When instituting the lockdown in late March, President Yoweri Museveni…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu: Multi-million milk processor still grounded two years after breakdown
A multi-million shilling milk processing plant owned by Gulu Women Dairy Cooperative Society remains non-functional, two years after it broke down. The milk pasteurizer was donated to the 200-member cooperative society by…
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East Africa
Gulu: Hundreds of female traders turn to food vending to make ends meet
At least 400 female traders in Gulu district have recently opened food vending stalls to make ends meet amid the ongoing lockdown instituted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When President Yoweri Museveni…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu agro-input dealers run out of stock as lockdown continues
Agro-input stocks in Gulu district are running low following the ban on public transportation as one of the measures to control the spread of the novel Coronavirus. Two weeks ago, President Museveni…
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