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Lawlessness: Gulu city security operatives arrest criminal gangs
GULU– A joint security operation launched in Gulu city to apprehend criminal gangs has yielded positive results, with some key arrests being made, which should prevent the rise in crime rates in…
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Cattle compensation exercise on-going in affected districts
OTUKE– The government has started compensating 92,000 claimants in Lango, Acholi and Teso sub-regions after their heads of cattle and other domestic animals were looted during the insurgency in northern Uganda. Deputy…
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Museveni commits to end Apaa clashes, blames leaders
OTUKE– President Yoweri Museveni has committed to ending the violent clashes in the Apaa area. The area is claimed by both the Acholi and Madi communities, alongside Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA], a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acholi youth ask Museveni to intervene in Apaa land dispute
GULU– A section of youth leaders from Acholi Sub-region yesterday called upon President Museveni to intervene and end what they referred to as the continuous attacks and violence as the Apaa land…
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Kabarole district approves Shs 27.7bln budget for next financial year
KABAROLE – Kabarole district council has approved a budget of Shs 27.7 billion for the financial year 2022/23, with education taking the biggest share of Shs 8.5bln. The education sector is closely…
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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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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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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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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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