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Atiak Technical Student Association wait for government’s response 20 years later
GULU – Government is yet to respond to the request for support by the Atiak Technical Students Survivors Association in 2000. The students survived an attack by the Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA]…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Anglican Bishops Report CAOs, DEOs to State House Anti-Corruption Unit
Anglican Bishops of West Lango and the Diocese of Northern Uganda have reported the District Education Officers (DEOs) and Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) to Lt Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of State…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Locals Demand Training from UWA to Drive Away Elephants
AMURU – Amuru and Nwoya Districts of Northern Uganda have for long been affected by wild animals mostly elephants which stray from Murchison Falls National Game Park. At least a handful of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low Shea Nuts Production Worries Otuke Farmers
OTUKE – Persistent reduction of Shea nuts yield is worrying Otuke farmers. Otuke, being among districts in Uganda with high Shea nuts production, has continued to produce less fruits for the last…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Gets Funding For Regional Incinerator
GULU – Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has secured a World Bank funding of $5.3 million; approximately Shs 19 billion for the construction of a modern regional incinerator for Northern Uganda. Dr. Elima…
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Cassava Value Addition to Support Livestock Feedlot Technology
Hon Goli Ogwal Moses, MP-elect Dokolo North Constituency is leading a campaign to ensure that livestock farmers in Northern Uganda grow cassava on a large scale for animal feeds to improve their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCO Saving Kids With Nodding Syndrome
OMORO – Unsupported anymore by the government or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), parents of children battling the debilitating Nodding Syndrome in the northern district of Omoro have turned to saving groups to support their…
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Cooperatives & Communities
51 SACCOs In Lira Get Emyooga Funds
LIRA –Fifty-one Savings and Credit cooperatives (SACCOs) in the Northern District of Lira have received Shs 30m each under the presidential initiative on job and wealth creation commonly known as Emyooga. Emyooga…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni gives truck, Money to Gulu sacco
GULU –President Yoweri Museveni has given a Fuso truck and Shs 20m to Gulu Main Market Vendors’ Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited –honoring a pledge he made three years ago in…
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Shs 33bn project boosts food security, incomes of refugees in Northern Uganda
At least 7,200 nationals and South Sudanese refugees in Lamwo, Adjumani and Obongi districts have started benefiting from a livelihood project worth Shs 33bn. Launched last year with financial support of USD…
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