Poverty
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Cooperatives & Communities
Alebtong cooperative asks govt for farm machinery
ALEBTONG, September 25, 2023 – Kica Arwot Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Alebtong town council has requested the government for a tractor and maize thresher machine, saying the machines would help to…
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Central
Ensuring quality standards: Regulators want grain farmers to have modern storage facilities
MUBENDE, September 20, 2023 – Farmers have been urged to work in groups and cooperatives and establish modern storage facilities as a measure to close quality gaps that have affected Uganda’s grain…
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Eastern
Namisindwa district fails to recover over Shs 710mln from youth
NAMISINDWA, September 19, 2023 – Authorities in Namisindwa district in Eastern Uganda have failed to recover more than Shs 710 million advanced to the youth under the Youth Livelihood Programme [YLP]. Launched…
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Central
Wakiso khat growers and traders threaten to demonstrate over Narcotics Bill
WAKISO, September 14, 2023 – Khat growers and traders in Wakiso district have threatened to demonstrate should President Yoweri Museveni assent to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023 reintroduced by the government. The…
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Western
Tayebwa asks King Oyo to help fight poverty through PDM
FORT PORTAL, September 13, 2023 – The deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the King of Tooro Kingdom, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV to be a partner in promoting…
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National
Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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Health
Excitement as Butebo receives modern ambulance
BUTEBO, September 12, 2023 – Keddi Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation has donated a well-equipped ambulance to Butebo district in a bid to reduce maternal mortality. The emergency response vehicle registration Number UBP…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira cooperative promoting production of oil seeds
LIRA – The Erute North County Oil Seed Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Lira district has pledged to continue promoting the production and multiplication of oil seeds as well as value addition.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP Auma asks women to embrace PDM
LIRA – The Woman Member of Parliament representing Lira district, Linda Auma has called upon women to pick interest in the Parish Development Model [PDM] and Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] if…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP urges Fort Portal parents to embrace PDM
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal City Woman Member of Parliament, Irene Linda Mugisa has asked poor parents in the city to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] to improve household incomes. She…
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