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Cooperatives & Communities
Ikwera SACCO leaders in trouble as Shs 114mln disappears
KWANIA– Police in Kwania district are investigating leaders of Ikwera Savings and Cooperative Society [SACCO] following the mysterious loss of members’ savings worth Shs 114 million. The SACCO leaders are being accused…
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Development
Mysterious savage beasts attack livestock in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI- Some of the locals of Katuura village in Mashonga parish, Kyamuhunga Sub-county in Bushenyi district are counting losses as savage beasts continue to kill their livestock. According to the locals, the…
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Police probe fire outbreak at Mbale Industrial Park
MBALE – Police in Mbale City are investigating the cause of a fire that on Tuesday night gutted Grace Foam Factory at Mbale Sino Industrial Park in Mbale city, destroying property worth…
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Serere MP Okabe, wife die in road accident
BUDAKA-Serere County Member of Parliament, Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died in a road accident on Monday morning at Naboa town council in Budaka district along the Mbale- Tirinyi…
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Woman arrested over death of her husband in Tororo
TORORO-Police in Tororo district have arrested a woman suspected to have killed her husband in cold blood. Mary Asio,42, allegedly killed her husband, Ladislus Onyango,45, following a domestic dispute. The Bukedi South…
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Masaka city central market to be commissioned end of year
MASAKA-Masaka City Central Market with over lock-ups and 800 stalls will be officially opened on December 31, to accommodate mostly low income vendors, according to officials. The African Development Bank [AfDB] funded…
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Four perish in Buhweju gold mine accident
BUHWEJU – Locals in Bihanga Sub-county in Buhweju district are terrified after four artisanal miners died as part of the gold mine they were working in collapsed last Friday. Martial Tumusiime, the…
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Environment
Police halt sand mining in Masaka wetland
MASAKA– Environment police in Masaka have stopped activities of sand mining, following the destruction of 20 acres of a wetland at Kasanje-Nakigga village in Bukakata Sub-county, Masaka district. Kasanje-Nakigga wetland stretches from…
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Environment
Police accused of aiding illegal logging in Moyo as culprits are held
MOYO – Two trucks loaded with logs estimated to be worth more than Shs 150 million have been impounded at Laropi ferry landing site in Moyo district by the police in Laropi…
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Lira market vendors protest delayed relocation of street vendors
LIRA– Lira Main Market vendors in Lira City are protesting the delayed reallocation of other vendors operating on the nearby streets, saying they are losing business to their rivals who don’t pay…
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