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Mbale MP uses own money to construct local road
MBALE– The Mbale Northern City Division Member of Parliament, Seth Wambede Kizangi days ago launched the construction of Lwaso road to ease transportation in the area. The road works are expected to…
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Environment
Wetland encroachers urged to embrace poverty alleviation programmes
GULU– People living in gazetted wetland areas in Gulu City have been asked to embrace government programmes aimed at fighting poverty and protecting the environment at the same time. Recently, the National…
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“Imported” tomatoes cost West Nile Shs 15bln annually -report
ADJUMANI: Many of the tomatoes consumed in the West Nile region are procured from other regions in the country as farmers there have shunned the growing of the juicy sweet vegetables. According to…
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East Africa
Returned South Sudanese refugees break ground at farm cooperative
JUBA-Working with a purpose, returned South Sudanese refugees hope to grow crops at sufficient scale to lift themselves and their community out of a hand-to-mouth existence of grinding poverty in one of…
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Bunyoro church moves to boost nutrition of inmates in Masindi prisons
MASINDI-In a bid to ensure a balanced diet for inmates at both Masindi prison and Kabalye Juvenile Remand Home, Bunyoro Lutheran Church in partnership with Seeds for Souls East Africa and Day…
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Agriculture
Katakwi tomato farmers incur losses as Fusarium wilt attacks gardens
KATAKWI – Tomato farmers in Katakwi district are counting losses following the outbreak of Fusarium wilt disease that is ravaging their tomato gardens. The farmers have been used to good years but…
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Residents irked by poor roads in Sebei Sub-region
KAPCHORWA: The poor state of community roads in Sebei Sub-region is partly to blame for the poverty that residents face, as farmers find it difficult to deliver their agricultural produce to markets,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers’ group boosted with equipment and seeds
GULU-Opar pi wan Farmers Group which engages in horticulture in Loyo-boo village, Unyama Sub-county, Gulu district has received farming equipment and seeds worth Shs 7.4 million. The group which also grows and…
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Environment
Soroti wetland encroachers given ultimatum to vacate
SOROTI-In a bid to restore the wetlands, the authorities in Soroti district have ordered encroachers who have been growing food crops in the same wetlands to vacate by the end of this…
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First community greenhouse launched in Gulu City
GULU– A group of 25 local farmers in Laroo-Pece Division, Gulu City have embarked on greenhouse farming amidst the growing degradation of wetlands in the city. Obiya-Laroo Community PRELNOR Green House project…
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