Hoima
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Environment
Masindi NGOs launch campaign to grow over 110,000 fruit and shade trees through VSLAs
MASINDI, October 19, 2026 — The Midwestern Region Centre for Democracy and Human Rights [MICOD], in partnership with over 40 Village Savings and Loans Associations [VSLAs] across Masindi, Kiryandongo, and Buliisa districts,…
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Agriculture
Quality of Bunyoro’s coffee still lacking, says MAAIF official
HOIMA CITY, October 11, 2026 — Eunice Kabibi, the Assistant Commissioner in the Coffee Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] and former Director of Legal Services at…
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Health
EACOP funds construction of maternity ward in Hoima
HOIMA, October 5, 2026 — Residents, particularly mothers, in Mbaraara village, Hoima district, are excited as the construction of a general maternity and children’s ward progresses at Mbaraara Health Centre II in…
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News
Poor land utilisation in Bunyoro blamed for food insecurity and land conflicts
HOIMA, August 12, 2026 — Leaders in the Bunyoro region have been urged to mobilise communities to utilise their land for increased food production and commercial farming instead of leaving large portions…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima PDM SACCOs to repeat elections over transparency, biodata concerns
HOIMA CITY, July 29, 2026 — Two Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [PDM SACCOs] in Hoima district will repeat the election of their committee leaders following complaints from members…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Extortion affecting implementation of PDM programme in Bunyoro, regional meeting hears
HOIMA, June 29, 2026 — Some of the intended beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the Bunyoro Sub-region are reportedly missing out on programme funds due to extortion by some…
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News
Police hand over confiscated cane weighbridges as Bunyoro leaders back anti-theft reforms
MASINDI, June 8, 2026 — Four weighbridges previously operating in Bunyoro’s sugarcane-growing areas have been returned to Victoria Sugar Limited and relocated to the company’s factory in Luwero district, a move that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kikuube, Hoima communities receive 600 rainwater harvesting tanks worth Shs 800mln
KIKUUBE, May 9, 2026 — In a bid to reduce escalating human-wildlife conflicts, communities living around the Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve in Hoima and Kikuube districts have received 600 rainwater harvesting tanks. The…
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News
Kakumiro, Bulindi ZARDI to establish demo farm to boost farmer skills
KAKUMIRO, March 27, 2027 – Kakumiro district, in partnership with Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [Bulindi ZARDI], is set to establish a two-acre model demonstration farm aimed at strengthening agricultural…
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News
Human–wildlife conflicts: Hoima residents decry rising animal attacks as forest cover depleted
HOIMA, March 23, 2026 — Residents of Kitoba Subcounty, Hoima district, have raised alarm over escalating human–wildlife conflicts, which they attribute to the continued destruction of Budongo Forest Reserve. Faridah Kabanyoro, Chairperson…
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