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Over 1,000 villagers in Kikuube district in danger of losing land to grabbers
KIKUUBE-More than1, 000 families from six villages in Kikuube district have petitioned Lands Minister, Judith Nabakoba to intervene and revoke three fraudulent land titles that are in the hands of land grabbers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low rice production in Bunyoro blamed on sugar
KIKUUBE– Growing cane for sugar manufacturing is responsible for the current low rice production in Bunyoro Sub-region, according to researchers from Makerere University. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, a principal investigator at Makerere University…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ankole leaders, farmers to petition gov’t over coffee seedlings
RWAMPARA -Leaders and farmers in Ankole Sub-region districts Rwampara, Bushenyi, Mbarara, and Ntungamo districts plan to petition government after they received far fewer than the expected coffee seedlings from Uganda Coffee Development…
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Minister investigates Lwengo land dispute
LWENGO-The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja is to intervene in a dispute where two Ugandan groups are conflicting with an Indian, Kulsum Patel over 257 acres of land located at Kasambya…
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UPS suspends activities for massive food production over land dispute
PADER– Uganda Prison Services [ UPS ] has temporarily suspended activities for massive food and seed production in Pader district. This is after the locals occupying part of the land to be…
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Agriculture
Land dispute derails establishment of livestock market
AMURU-A longstanding land dispute between Amuru and Gulu districts is threatening the establishment of a livestock market in Adee area claimed by both districts. If allowed to operate by both districts, the…
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Amuru RDC suspends activities on disputed land
AMURU-Stephen Odong Latek, the Amuru Resident District Commissioner has suspended any activities on the contested 1,500 acres of land in Kidimon village, Lakang Sub-county, Amuru district. The suspension of the activities on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ker Kwaro Acholi struggling to implement ban on rampant sale of land
GULU – Ker Kwaro Acholi, the cultural institution of Acholi is struggling to implement a ban it recently issued against the excessive sale of land by its subjects. In November last year,…
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Evictees in Kikuube IDP camp living without food, as women and girls are raped and defiled
KIKUUBE-“We are living a miserable life in this camp. Where will our help come from?” Ester Turyahebwa, a mother to 8 children who stays at Kigyayo camp for the internally displaced people…
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Rwot Acana writes to Museveni over eviction of Pader residents
PADER-Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of the Acholi Cultural Chiefdom has written to President Yoweri Museveni, pleading that government halts the eviction of people from the land that became…
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