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Cooperatives & CommunitiesISSA SSENYONGAAugust 25, 2023
How war loss compensation is benefiting Masaka Cooperative Union farmers
MASAKA – Following a lengthy dispute by the cooperative movement in the country for compensation over the years, the government heeded the pressure and started off a process to recompense the cooperative…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaAugust 15, 2023
Mbarara City threatens to evict mother district
Mbarara-Mbarara district leadership has castigated the Minister for Local Government, Rapheal Magyezi, for failing to pronounce the ministry’s position over ownership of a district property. Mbarara District Chairman, Didas Tabaro says the…
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West NilePatrick OkabaJuly 27, 2023
AfDB okays construction of Shs 32bln Nebbi Modern Market
NEBBI – Officials from the African Development Bank [AfDB] were in Nebbi Municipality days ago on an appraisal mission following the completion of the feasibility study for the construction of the Shs…
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Cooperatives & CommunitiesJoshua NahamyaJune 30, 2023
Huge debts force Banyankole Kweterana Coop to sell prime land
MBARARA – Members of the struggling Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] have unanimously supported the sale of 55 acres of land located in Kashari North, Mbarara district to enable their union settle…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaFebruary 10, 2023
Over Shs 60 mln raised to fund Mbarara City Festival
MBARARA– Businessmen, traders, and corporate companies have contributed over Shs 60 million to fund activities as they join the rest of the residents to mark three years since Mbarara Municipality gained city…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaFebruary 6, 2023
Preparations for Mbarara City Festival underway
MBARARA – Mbarara City leadership, Mbarara City Traders Association, Abahumuza Development Group, and One Time Marketing Group plan to hold Mbarara City Festival from February 10-12, 2023. Mbarara became a city on…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaNovember 30, 2022
Mbarara: Gov’t to secure land titles for over 100 families living on disputed land
MBARARA– The Uganda Land Commission [ULC] is in preparations to process land titles for over 114 families living on contested land in Rwenjeru South, Biharwe division in Mbarara City. The plans started…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaNovember 6, 2022
Mbarara market vendors petition authorities over rental fees
MBARARA– A section of Mbarara Central Market vendors have petitioned Mbarara city leadership, saying they cannot afford the monthly rental fees imposed on them by the authorities. According to Priscah Murongo, the…
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NewsJoshua NahamyaAugust 11, 2022
Pork business resumes in Sheema and Bushenyi districts
BUSHENYI-Piggery farmers, businessmen and consumers in Bushenyi and Sheema districts are excited after the district veterinary department partially lifted the quarantine on the pork business. The districts had been attacked by African…
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Cooperatives & CommunitiesJoshua NahamyaJuly 22, 2022
Mbarara City earmarks Shs100 mln to host regional trade exhibition
MBARARA– Mbarara City Council has approved Shs 100 million to enable it to host the next East Africa International Trade Exhibition [EAITE] on multi-sector products, and equipment and machinery. EAITE, expected to…
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