Security
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oil companies take over land for absentee landlords in Bunyoro
HOIMA – Government has okayed the oil companies to use the land purportedly owned by absentee landlords in the oil-rich Bunyoro sub region. Through the Petroleum Authority of Uganda [PAU], government has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt slashes tax on opaque beer
KAMPALA – Brewers producing the low cost opaque beer in Uganda will in the new Financial Year 2022/2023 enjoy a tax cut as government entices more local manufacturers into alcohol brewing. Effective July…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Elegu Market: Land owners demand relocation of vendors
ELEGU– The owners of pieces of land on which hundreds of vendors at the Elegu border market have been operating are demanding that the vendors should go off their land to pave…
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News
FBI warns US farm co-ops of cyber threats in planting and harvest seasons
US – Cyber attacks on agricultural co-ops are higher in the planting and harvest seasons, the FBI has warned. The US crime agency says ransomware actors will choose these crucial seasons because…
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News
Uganda, Kenya strike security deal
MUNYONYO – Following a series of engagements for months, Uganda and Kenya have penned a security and defense agreement that would ensure safety and tranquility along the borderline of the two East…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Unexploded ordnances threaten agricultural activities in Amuru.
AMURU – Amuru district leaders and farmers are concerned over the increasing number of unexploded ordnances being unearthed during the ongoing land preparation for planting period. So far, more than 300 unexploded…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Boda-boda riders lose millions of shillings from theft of motorcycles in Gulu
GULU – In the last twelve months, more than 170 motorcycles have been stolen from Gulu West and Gulu East Boda-boda Associations. The motorcycle taxi, commonly known as boda bodas are the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Festivities and terrorism: ARLPI call for vigilance
GULU – The Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) has called on the people in the sub-region and the country to remain vigilant as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UPDF starts construction on Mukakati-Semuliki road inside DRC
Ituri – The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has started construction works on the most strategic feeder roads into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that runs through to Ituri Province from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Police on the spot over rising number of criminal gangs in Gulu
GULU – Local leaders have accused police of the rising number of criminal gangs in Gulu City causing havoc in the area. The leaders also accused police of self deployment to extort…
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