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Tanzania bans donkey slaughter to stop risk of extinction
ARUSHA– In Tanzania, the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Mashimba Mashauri Ndaki, has declared a ban on donkey slaughter for the skin trade. In a budget speech to Parliament, the minister noted…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni roots for 4-acre farming approach to boost household incomes
OMORO– President Museveni is rooting for small-scale commercial farming approach in order to boost household incomes in northern Uganda. This comes at a time when the Acholi Sub-region, according to a survey…
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Price of oil seeds goes up in Lango
LIRA – The price of oil seeds in the Lango Sub region have shot up due to scarcity, paralyzing businesses in the factories in Lira City. According to manufacturers and processors, the…
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Lira City secures land for abattoir
LIRA– The authorities of Lira City East division have secured eight acres of land at Ayago ward, to construct a modern abattoir. The development came after environmentalists condemned the current abattoir located…
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Ramadan: Lira Pakistani community donate to the vulnerable
LIRA – The Pakistani Association in the Lango sub-region have given food staff and sanitary materials to 250 members of the Muslim community, vulnerable people and inmates in Lira City as they…
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Cooperatives & Communities
India cautions people not to deposit funds with three Sahara co-operatives
NEW DELHI – India’s Ministry of Cooperation has asked depositors to be aware of a Delhi High Court judgment, whereby the court has asked three co-operatives (co-ops) under the Sahara group not…
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Cooperatives & Communities
$23 million oil project launched in the Albertine graben
KIKUUBE – China National Oil Offshore Company (CNOOC) Uganda limited has commissioned the procurement and construction of Component One (PC1) for the Kingfisher Development Project in Buhuka parish Kyangwali sub-county in Kikuube…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi district councils tasked to enact ordinances to protect land
ACHOLI – The District, Municipal and City Councils of Acholi have been tasked to enact ordinances to protect land. This directive was given by Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) and the cultural institution…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Granite to create 1,000 jobs for youths in Lira
LIRA – Universal Granite and Marble, an international company is establishing a tile factory at Barapwo parish in Lira City, west division. The factory will employ 1,000 young people directly and 500…
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