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Museveni signs Sports Bill, 2024 into Law
KAMPALA, January 29, 2025 –– President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the National Sports [Amendment] Bill, 2024, into law, according to the Presidential Press Unit [PPU]. PPU says the bill, which Parliament…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local sports clubs can borrow a leaf and turn to a cooperative business model for sustainability
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – According to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA], a cooperative is defined in the Statement on the Cooperative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common…
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Bank of Uganda issues MDI licence to EBO SACCO
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – The Bank of Uganda [BoU] has granted a licence to EBO Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited, located in Bwizibwera Rutooma Town Council, Mbarara district. This licence…
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Shs bln needed operationalise Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Council
KAMPALA, January 27, 2025 – The Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Council will kickstart operations, once the Finance Ministry provides Shs 5 billion to operationalise the council, the Prime Minister, Robinah…
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Museveni urges Mubende residents to priotise household incomes
MUBENDE, January 26, 2025: President Yoweri Museveni has called on the people of Mubende District to prioritise generating homestead income, emphasising that other developments, such as tarmac roads and electricity, will follow.…
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Farmers urge gov’t to lower cost of equipment sold under Micro Scale Irrigation Programme
GULU, January, 242025 – Several farmers in Gulu district have appealed to the government to reduce the cost of equipment sold under the Micro Scale Irrigation Programme, a government initiative aimed at…
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How coffee and cocoa growing is taking shape in Adjumani district
ADJUMANI, January 21, 2025 – Over 200 small-scale farmers in Adjumani have ventured into coffee and cocoa cultivation, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF). These farmers are…
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Lira farmers embrace integrated rice-fish farming system
LIRA, January 21, 2025 – Despite the high costs of digging fish channels in rice fields, over 80 farmers in Lira district have already embraced the newly introduced integrated rice-fish farming system,…
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Minister orders investigation into alleged extortion of coffee nursery bed operators in Masaka
MASAKA, January 19, 2025 – The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has written to the Director General of the Internal Security Organisation [ISO] and the State House Anti-Corruption…
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Questions and answers on the confirmation of charges hearing against Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court
KAMPALA, January 19, 2025 —The International Criminal Court [ICC] is in the process of confirmation of charges hearing against war Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] who is…
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