Oil
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Western
Absa Bank partners with Hoima City to plant 50,000 trees
HOIMA, November 3, 2023 – Hoima City Council with support from Absa Bank Uganda Limited is to plant 50,000 trees in a campaign aimed at restoring the city’ green environment. Speaking during…
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International
World Bank: Conflict in Middle East could bring ‘dual shock’ to global commodity markets
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2023 – Although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the 1970s to cope with a major oil-price shock, an escalation of the…
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Western
NFA updates Budongo Forest Management Plan
MASINDI, October 30, 2023 – The National Forestry Authority [NFA] has started the process of updating the Budongo Forest Reserve Management Plan which expired in 2019. According to Boaz Basigirenda, the range manager…
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National
Uganda on track to produce first oil by 2025
KAMPALA, October 26, 2023 – The Government of Uganda is on track to ensure that the first drop of oil is produced by the end of 2025, according to Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kole cooperative in dire need of modern mill for value addition
KOLE – Alito Joint Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited in Kole district badly needs a new oil grinding mill after the old one they were using broke down. According to John Christopher…
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Western
Laying infrastructure for production of Uganda’s oil on course
HOIMA, September 7, 2023 – Laying all the infrastructure needed for the production of Uganda’s oil and gas in the Albertine Graben is progressing well, according to government officials. According to Ernest…
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Energy & Mining
Tilenga oil project: Gov’t gives PAPs one-month ultimatum to accept cash
BULIISA – Over 50 Project Affected Persons [PAPs] in Buliisa district who have not taken up their compensation have been given one-month ultimatum to take up the money and vacate the land…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ipara cooperative needs tractor to boost oil seed production
DOKOLO – Ipara Cooperative and Marketing Society based in Dokolo Town Council has asked the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to help with the procurement of a tractor, saying it…
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News
Leaders ask Museveni to intervene in Kikuube land row
KIKUUBE– Leaders in Kikuube district have asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to resettle more than 1,000 people who have since February last year pitched camp at the offices of the Kikuube resident…
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News
Bunyoro-Kitara parliament rejects Bagungu secession plans
HOIMA-Representatives in Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom parliament have unanimously made a resolution rejecting plans of Bagungu, a tribe in the kingdom, to break away to form their own parallel Bugungu Kingdom [Obutebegwa Bwabugungu]. The…
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