Uganda
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Agriculture
Fort Portal: Stinking garbage irks Mpanga Market vendors
FORT PORTAL, January 12, 2024 – Mpanga Market vendors in Fort Portal City are worried about the stinking garbage which they fear could pose health risks to them. Talking to this reporter,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania SACCO, NGO sign MoU to promote sorghum growing
KWANIA, JANUARY 10, 2024 – Members of Aderolongo SACCO in Akali Sub-county, Kwania district have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with Feed the Universe Urgency Uganda, a non-governmental organisation promoting…
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Eastern
UMEME invests Shs 3.2bln to stabilise power supply in Eastern Uganda
MBALE, January 9, 2024 – Power distributor, UMEME, has injected over Shs 3.2 billion aimed at stabilising power supply in Mbale City and other areas in Eastern Uganda. Of recent, local media…
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Central
Commonwealth Speakers commend CIPLA Quality Chemicals
KAMPALA, January 8, 2024 – Speakers and Presiding Officers from the Commonwealth days ago visited the CIPLA Quality Chemicals Industries Ltd [CIPLA QCIL] in Luzira, Kampala where they lauded the factory for…
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West Nile
Farmers in Adjumani urged to take advantage of Shs 2.6bln market
ADJUMANI, December 4, 2024 – Local farmers in Adjumani district including refugees have been challenged to take advantage of the Shs 2.6 billion modern market being constructed under the Uganda Support to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee exports from Africa dropped 13.5 percent in November 2023
KAMPALA, January 4, 2024 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 13.5 percent to 1.01 million bags in November 2023 from 1.16mln bags in November 2022, according to…
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Northern
WB project targets 60,000 entrepreneurs in Lango
LIRA, December 27, 2023 – The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development [MGLSD] is targeting to recruit 60,000 women entrepreneurs in Lango Sub-region to benefit from the US$ 217 million [Shs…
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National
Annual coffee exports earn Uganda US$ 958.6mln
KAMPALA, DECEMBER 20, 2023 – Uganda’s coffee exports for the twelve months [December 2022- November 2023] totaled 6.13 million fetching the country about US$ 958.6mln compared to 5.8mln bags worth US$ 883.3mln…
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East Africa
Uganda are champions of EAC Games in Kigali
KIGALI, December 19, 2023 – The 13th Edition of the East African Community [EAC] Inter-Parliamentary Games which kicked off two weeks ago successfully came to an end in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday,…
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East Africa
EAC Partner States commended for supporting MSMEs
BUJUMBURA, December 18, 2023 – The EAC Partner States and the EAC Secretariat have been commended for continuously supporting the development and growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [ MSMEs…
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