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Heavy downpour predicted in Western Uganda; farmers urged to plant perennial crops
MBARARA – The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has asked farmers in the Western region to plant perennial crops to fully utilize the anticipated heavy rains during the months of April and…
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Government will embrace technology to track corruption tendencies by 2023
MBARARA – The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Dr Ramathan Ggoobi has said government agencies and ministries will embrace technology to track corruption tendencies. Dr Ggoobi made these…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Construction of Mbarara’s Shs 20bn new market is completed after more than 5 years
MBARARA – Mbarara Central Market that had stalled for about five years since 2018 has been completed. The contractor, Roko Construction Company officially handed it over to the City Council. The new…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara City to host the National Meteorological Day, focusing on farming seasons
MBARARA – Uganda will today join the rest of the world to celebrate the World Meteorological Day. According to Lillian Nkwenge, the Principal Communications Officer (PCO) at Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA),…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gen. Salim Saleh urges DCOs, Agricultural Officers to report on farmers’ demands
MBARARA – Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho a.k.a Salim Saleh, the Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has urged District Commercial Officers (DCOs) and Agricultural Officers including his own army officers in OWC…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara city councilors accuse city clerk of misappropriating funds used to procure land
MBARARA – Mbarara City councillors have tasked the City Clerk to appropriately account for more than Shs 624 million used to procure two different pieces of land that were meant for the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara City, district clash over court of appeal ruling on allocation of premise
MBARARA – Mbarara City is engaged in a series of disagreements over possession of the property that originally belonged to Mbarara District Local Government. According to Didas Tabaro, the current Chairman of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA to establish a Shs.1 billion regional coffee learning hub at MUST
MBARARA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is in collaboration with Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) to construct a coffee learning hub at Kihumuro Campus on Mbarara-Bushenyi road. In a…
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Mbarara awards 17 contracts worth Shs.1billion, as local contractors are warned of shoddy work
MBARARA – Mbarara district leaders led by their LCV Chairman Didas Tabaro have awarded 17 construction contracts to local companies worth Shs.1,148,476, 966. Some of the companies that were awarded contracts include; …
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Cooperatives & Communities
Unqualified vets operating veterinary drug shops, NDA reports
KAMPALA – National Drug Authority (NDA) has reported an increase in the number of fake veterinary doctors operating drug shops. This was confirmed on Friday after the conclusion of a veterinary compliance…
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