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PDM SACCO leaders arrested in Lira City over alleged fraud targeting women beneficiaries
LIRA CITY, June 27, 2026 — Several leaders of a Parish Development Model [PDM] SACCO in Lira City have been arrested over allegations of fraud and extortion involving PDM funds, with authorities…
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ICIEC provides US$65mln insurance backing for Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium
KAMPALA, June 22, 2026 — The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit [ICIEC], a Shariah-compliant multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank [IsDB], has provided insurance…
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Lira City journalists urged to embrace poverty eradication programmes
LIRA CITY, June 9, 2026 — Journalists working in Lira City have been urged to embrace government poverty eradication programmes in order to improve the livelihoods of their households. The call was…
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Lira City receives Shs14bln under PDM
LIRA, May 16, 2026 — Lira City Mayor Sam Atul has praised the government for introducing the Parish Development Model [PDM], saying the programme, which was launched in 2022, is making a…
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Lira City MP calls for more coffee seedlings to boost cultivation in Lango
LIRA CITY, May 7, 2026 — The Minister of Health and Lira City Woman Member of Parliament, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, has urged government to increase the supply of coffee seedlings…
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Lira City schools receive coffee seedlings to support practical learning
LIRA CITY, April 28, 2026 — A total of 7,350 coffee seedlings have been distributed to 21 schools in Lira City that have established coffee demonstration gardens, in a move aimed at…
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Lira firm revolutionises farming with organic fertiliser
LIRA CITY, April 21, 2026 — In Lira City, what was once discarded as worthless garbage is now fueling an agricultural revolution. Fidena Agri Uganda Ltd is transforming organic waste into high-impact…
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Rotary club partners with schools in Lango to plant trees
LIRA CITY, October 16, 2025 — The Rotary Club of Lira Metropolitan [RCLM] in Lira has begun distributing tree seedlings to primary and secondary schools across the Lango Subregion, in a partnership…
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Minister decries low uptake of PDM funds among PWDs and older persons
LIRA, September 15, 2025 – The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, has raised concerns over the low uptake of funds allocated to Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] and older…
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Lira City PWDs embrace coffee farming to secure future for families
LIRA CITY, July 29, 2025 –– A number of Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] in Lira City in Lango Subregion have taken up coffee farming, hoping the perennial crop, one of Uganda’s top…
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