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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru authorities in dilemma as farmers opt to grow cash crops
AMURU-Authorities in Amuru district are concerned that they might not be able to fight famine in the district in the near future as a high number of farmers are opting to grow…
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Cooperatives & Communities
High fuel prices threaten Kasese fishing communities
KASESE – As fuel prices continue to soar, fishermen at Kahendero landing site in Kasese district, western Uganda are being hit hard as some have been forced out of the business. According…
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News
High fuel prices: Ssewungu insists ministers Kasaija, Nankabirwa must appear before MPs
KAMPALA– Kalungu East Legislator, Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga has criticised Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and his counterpart of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa for failure to appear before the committee and explain…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Work paralysed as Bugambe Tea Estate workers protest over poor pay
KIKUUBE– Work at Bugambe Tea Estate Factory in Bugambe Sub-county in Kikuube district was paralysed after the employees of the factory went on strike demanding a monthly pay rise. The workers held…
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Handicraft cooperative members decry high prices of inputs
MASINDI -Handicraft makers in Masindi district have expressed concern over the high prices of materials used to make their products. The handicraft makers under their umbrella platform Masindi Arts and Craft Cooperative…
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Development
BOU ramps up CBR again
KAMPALA– Bank of Uganda [ BOU ]raised the indicative Central Bank Rate [CBR] to 8.5 percent for July from 7.5 percent before, as inflation rose – for the second time in a…
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Masindi residents decry poor extension services
MASINDI– Residents of Masindi district are dissatisfied with the inadequate extension services rendered by different officers of the district local government. The residents expressed their concerns on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting…
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News
Storage facility excites Kapelebyong farmers
It was jubilation as Acowa farmers’ Cooperative Society in Acowa town council, Kapelebyong district received a new modern agro-storage facility constructed by government through Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] programme. DINU…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ntungamo farmers decry continued quarantine
NTUNGAMO– Cattle farmers in Ntungamo district are worried that a quarantine imposed on the movement of livestock and related products still remains in force following an outbreak of the infectious Foot and…
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