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EAC dispatches election observation teams to Rwanda
The East African Community [EAC] has deployed 14 Election Observation Teams to observe the General Election due in the Republic of Rwanda next Monday. Flagging off the Election Observation Teams from the…
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Kenyan Esther Kimani Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
ABIDJAN, July 11, 2024 – Esther Kimani, a 2022 YouthADAPT winner, received the prestigious 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering recently in Nairobi, Kenya. YouthADAPT is…
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Museveni rallies Gomba and Sembabule leaders to preach gospel of wealth creation
ENTEBBE, July 10, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni has rallied leaders of Gomba and Sembabule to keep on spreading the message of wealth creation among households in districts. “What you should emphasise…
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Regional leaders push for use of Kiswahili as official language in EAC
ARUSHA, July 9, 2024 – Regional leaders and stakeholders have renewed the call to the East African Community [EAC] Council of Ministers to fast-track the process of amending the Treaty for the…
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Mauritania: US$ 17mln to strengthen resilience of female market gardeners
ABIDJAN July 8, 2024 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a grant of US$ 17 million to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to implement the Project for Promotion of Gender-Sensitive Agricultural…
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World celebrates UN International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 7, 2024 – Cooperatives in the world celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives yesterday. An annual celebration of cooperatives, the day has been observed on the first Saturday in July since…
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Serere: Over 50,000 cows to be vaccinated against FMD
SERERE, July 2, 2024 – To eradicate foot and mouth disease [ FMD ] and other animal diseases, Serere district has embarked on a mass vaccination exercise targeting over 50,000 heads of…
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Masindi SME owners told to form cooperatives
MASINDI, July 1, 2024 – Johnson Abitekaniza, Commissioner Business and Quality Assurance in Ministry of Trade Industry Cooperatives [MTIC] has underscored the need for small and medium enterprises [SMEs] owners to organise…
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Uganda’s population stands at 45.9mln, says UBOS
KAMPALA, June 27, 2024 – Uganda’s population is now 45.9 million people, up from 34.6mln counted in 2014. This, according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics [ UBOS ], means that the human…
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Bugisu GISOs directed to supervise PDM
MBALE, June 21, 2024 – The Gombolola Internal Security Officers [ GISOs ] in Bugisu Sub-region have been tasked to supervise the Parish Development Model [PDM] in their areas. Asumin Nasike, Mbale…
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