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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
FRONASA launches SACCO, calls for return of Cooperative Bank
MUKONO – The veterans’ wing of the Front for National Salvation [FRONASA] has launched a multi-purpose Sacco, calling on the government to re-open Cooperative Bank so that cooperators in Uganda can access…
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Experts warn of more landslides in Bugisu
MBALE – Environment experts have predicted more landslides and floods in Bugisu Sub-region if people ignore interventions designed to mitigate climate change effects. Moses Mugisha, an environmentalist, blamed the disasters on poor…
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Kikuube district leaders ask govt to take over bad road
KIKUUBE– Kikuube district local government leaders and residents want the Ministry of Works and Transport to take over the Kabwoya-Maya, Maya -Kyarujumba – Kakindo road which they say is in a poor…
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Lands Ministry gives two trucks to Gulu City for garbage collection
GULU-The Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development has given two Tata trucks to Gulu City for garbage management. The two trucks, registration number UG 0305L and UG 0306L, which cost Shs…
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Kikuube residents pick tools to repair road
KIKUUBE– Residents of Kikuube district have resorted to community work [Bulungibwasi] following the failure of the district local government to rehabilitate the impassable roads in the area. The residents of Nyarugabu Parish…
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LCIII leaders receive motorcycles to ease movement
KABAROLE -Government through the Ministry of Local Government has handed over 189 motorcycles to all LCIII chairpersons in Rwenzori Sub-region to ease their movement as they monitor government programmes in their areas.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 6,000 Nwoya farmers stuck with ready mangoes
NWOYA– Over 6,000 fruit farmers in Nwoya district do not have market for their ready mangoes as there is no juice-processing factory in the district to add value to the fruits. The…
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Tourism recovery gains momentum as restrictions ease and confidence returns
MADRID– Tourism continues to recover at a strong pace. Globally, destinations welcomed almost three times as many international arrivals in the first quarter of 2022 as in the same period of 2021,…
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US$2bln facility geared to African banks and FIs
KAMPALA– The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) will on Thursday this week in a webinar present the US$2billion facility to provide African banks and financial institutions [FIs] with liquidity to support Africa’s economic…
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