Oyam District
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango disabled persons receive 700 wheelchairs and walking sticks and frames
LIRA – Community Focus International (CFI), a community-based organization in Lira City has donated a total of 700 assistive devices to persons with disability to ease mobility, participation in community activities and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Reconstruction of Tochi Irrigation Scheme resumes in Oyam district
OYAM – After farmers counted losses and deserted the Tochi Irrigation Scheme in Oyam district due to over flooding, Ministry of Water and Environment has recalled the firm which was undertaking the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Government takes over Lira-Kamdini road reconstruction
OYAM – The government is to take over the financing of Lira-Kamdini road which sparked off demonstration, anger and criticism from both members of parliament, LC5 Chairpersons and the communities in the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oyam farmers desert Tochi Irrigation Scheme worth Shs28b
OYAM – Tochi Irrigation Scheme in Oyam district that the government constructed at the cost of Shs 28b to promote rice growing has been deserted after a portion got submerged into floods.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fish Farmers In Oyam Decry Counterfeit Feeds
OYAM – Livestock and grain farmers in Oyam district are looking at fish farming as a safety net against the increasingly erratic weather patterns, which have resulted in crop failure and animal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Odongo was poor but Loro-Oyam Sacco lifted him out of poverty
In 2016 Pasquelli Odongo, 42, dreamt of building a residential house in his village, Ayom-Apwono, in Aber Sub County, and five years later he is a proud owner of a modest three-room…
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Cooperatives & Communities
North Kyoga Police warns against new SACCO scam
Police in North Kyoga Region has cautioned the public about a recent scam that specifically targets SACCOs and warned people against giving their money to individuals they do not know personally if…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oyam: Emyooga beneficiaries demand business skills training
Beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation in Oyam district are seeking business skills training to guarantee the success of the program. The demands from the groups came shortly…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO members receive farm inputs
Members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO have received farm inputs from Ngetta Tropical Holdings, with funding from Micro the Finance Support Centre, to promote sunflower growing. Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO, formerly called…
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