Transport
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Central
Public service vehicle operators to form SACCOs after training
KAMPALA – Operators of public service vehicles (PSV) in Uganda will soon begin to establish Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs), having undergone a two-day capacity building training on the formation of…
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Development
Works and transport ministry in dire need of Shs 47 billion for procurement of road-equipment.
SOROTI – The 15 districts created years ago have not received road equipment from the Ministry of Works and Transport, meant for routine road maintenance so as to keep them in good shape,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu constructs new road to link farmers to South Sudan market
GULU – Gulu district is constructing a 17 km road to link farmers in Awach sub-county to a bigger market in the neighboring South Sudan. The road worth Shs 165 million is…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Broken bridges cut off three parishes in Amuru
AMURU – More than 6000 residents of Oguru Kal village in Pabo Town Council ,Otorokume and Olinga parishes in Pogo sub-county in Amuru District are struggling to access local markets after the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Chiefs receive 11 new motorcycles worth Shs 52m to mobilize subjects for development
HOIMA – The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara kingdom, Dr Solomon Iguru, has procured 11 brand new motorcycles to his county chiefs in an effort to mobilize the kingdom subjects to engage in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Extension Officers Receive New Motorcycles
MASINDI – Masindi district has procured five brand new motorcycles in an effort to improve extension services and production in the district. The UG Boss Motorcycles valued at Shs 31 million were…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara Haunted By FMD and Lockdown
MBARARA – As many people continue feasting on fresh meat, residents of Mbarara City are involuntarily abstaining from meat following the ban on sale over Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Aduku Tipper drivers protest relocation to designated taxi park
Over 80 Tipper drivers in Aduku Town Council, Kwania district are protesting against a proposal by town authorities to relocate them to the town’s newly gazetted Taxi and Bus Park. During an…
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East Africa
City Hall freezes licensing of new matatu saccos in the CBD
Nairobi County government has frozen approval of new matatu saccos to operate in the city centre in a move aimed at decongesting the capital city. The county government wrote to the National…
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