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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania North PWDs SACCO gets extra Emyooga funds
KWANIA- Kwania North Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] saving and credit cooperative organisation [SACCO] has received an more Shs 20 million to boost the seed capital for its beneficiaries under Emyooga programme. The…
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News
MP Ogwal asks govt to maintain Shs100bln for Northern Uganda recovery
DOKOLO-Dokolo district Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal has advised government to ring-fence Shs 100 billion for the reconstruction of Northern Uganda which continues to experience the suffering caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army…
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Energy & Mining
Albertine Graben oil projects: 56 PAPs receive modern houses
KIKUUBE– At least 56 project-affected persons [ PAPs ] in Buhuka Parish in Kyngwali Sub-county, Kikuube district have received modern houses after they relocated from the land earmarked for oil activities in…
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300 Pader farmers trained in beekeeping
PADER– At least 300 farmers in Latany and Awere sub-counties in Pader district have been trained in beekeeping, honey preparation, and value addition, which will in the end help farmers boost their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira bee farmers asked to form SACCOs to benefit from PDM
LIRA -Beekeepers in Lira district have been asked to form saving and credit cooperative organizations [SACCOs] to benefit from the Parish Development model [ PDM ]. The district entomology officer, John Bosco…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pader district runs short of extension workers
PADER– The shortage of agricultural extension workers in Pader district is becoming a big concern as farmers are not getting adequate services, which in the end affects farm output. Pader district has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Refugees demand for inclusion in govt programmes
LAMWO– Refugees settled in the three settlement centres in Lamwo district want to benefit from government programmes such as; Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program, (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Fund, which are geared toward…
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Northern
Lira City bans vendors, hawkers from streets
LIRA – Authorities of Lira City have banned market vendors, produce dealers and hawkers from transacting any business on pavements, walkways and streets. According to the Town Clerk of Lira City, Edward Kiwanuka…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Population growth threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region
SOROTI – The current population growth is threatening sustainable land use in Teso sub-region. Figures from the National Population Council (NPC), a state agency that advises the government on population issues, show that…
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