Poverty
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News
DOKOLO: Ogwal outlines key areas to work on before she retires
DOKOLO– Dokolo District Woman MP, Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal has outlined six key development issues that she would want to accomplish in her constituency before she retires from active politics come 2026.…
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Kikuube LCIII leaders get motorcycles, asked to popularise PDM
KIKUUBE – Sub-county chairpersons [LCIIIs] in Kikuube district have been challenged to use motorcycles acquired from the government to mobilise communities to embrace the Parish Model Development [ PDM ] and other…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira bee farmers asked to form SACCOs to benefit from PDM
LIRA -Beekeepers in Lira district have been asked to form saving and credit cooperative organizations [SACCOs] to benefit from the Parish Development model [ PDM ]. The district entomology officer, John Bosco…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt launches Shs 15bln road construction project in Kikuube district
KIKUUBE– To ease the movement of the people and their properties, the government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is to upgrade six roads in Kikuube in a project…
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Organisations
Progress in LDCs stalled by multiple crises-ILO
NEW YORK – Economic and social progress in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have been slowed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the continuing energy and food crises. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Muslims in Uganda urged to form SACCOs
KAMPALA– Muslims in Uganda have been advised to form Saving and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] if they are to benefit from government’s poverty eradication programmes such as Emyooga and Parish Development Model [PDM].…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Luo communities form coalition to fight poverty
GULU – The Luo speaking communities in the different parts of Uganda have formed a coalition to fight poverty and improve livelihoods of the vulnerable communities across the country. The coalition which…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga fund defaulters to face arrest
FORT PORTAL: The State Minister for Finance Planning and Economic Development in charge of microfinance, Haruna Kasoro Kyeyune has given Emyooga fund defaulters one month to clear their debts or face arrest.…
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News
EU funds establishment of village supermarkets in Lango, Acholi sub-region
LIRA – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government of Uganda integrated programme has constructed five farmers’ village supermarkets in the Lango and Acholi sub-regions. With support from the European…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro receives Shs 4 billion as affirmative action to fight poverty
HOIMA – The government through the Ministry of Bunyoro Affairs which operates under the office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has released Shs 4 billion to Bunyoro region as a special grant…
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