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Environment
Resistance as gov’t launches wetland restoration in Tororo district
TORORO-Communities bordering major wetlands in Tororo district in eastern Uganda are resisting government’s move of demarcating wetlands. The government through the Ministry of Water and Environment has reportedly secured support under green…
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Don’t interfere with our oil, Bunyoro Kingdom subjects warn EU
KIKUUBE– Subjects of the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom are enraged about the recent resolution by the European Union [ EU ] parliament denouncing the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP].…
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News
Gov’t to establish museums in cities and municipalities
MBARARA-Parliament has proposed a new clause in the Museums and Monument Bill, 2022 that will see cities and municipalities in Uganda build museums for tourist attraction. This was revealed by Mbarara City…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni launches issuing of land titles in Apac
LIRA-President Yoweri Museveni has launched the registration and issuing of certificates of land titles for customary land ownership, which is part of the government’s efforts to protect the less privileged in the…
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East Africa
Congolese co-op promotes peace through prosperity
KIVU- The Congolese province of South Kivu has a dangerous past—and a complicated present. Lake Kivu, the lake that gives the province its name divides the DRC from neighboring Rwanda to the…
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Education
Tororo district gets two seed secondary schools
TORORO-Government has earmarked Shs 5.8 billion to construct two seed secondary schools in Tororo district in a bid to have more students in the district attain secondary education. The funds under Uganda…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak Sugar Factory: Family members to face off in court over land deal
AMURU-The High Court in Gulu will hear the case in which family members are conflicting over the land Atiak Sugar Factory acquired from the family, with some members saying they were left…
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News
Mufti Mubaje advises Lango Muslim leaders to safeguard properties
LIRA -The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Mubaje has advised the Muslim leaders in Lango Sub-region to protect their properties against encroachers, further urging the leaders also to register the properties with…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee farming: Amuru district official urges farmers to form associations
AMURU– Amuru district agricultural office is rallying coffee farmers in the district to form associations, saying they would help in the economic transformation of the farmers’ households. Currently, the district has about…
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Environment
Bugoma Forest Reserve boundary opening resumes
KIKUUBE– Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the National Forestry Authority [ NFA ] has resumed the process of reopening the boundary of Bugoma Forest…
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