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Excitement as Kwania residents get water project
KWANIA-Residents in Aornga parish in Nambieso Sub-county, Kwania district have a reason to smile after the launch of a new project to provide safe and clean water, after battling a severe water…
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Church donates to 300 families in Napak
NAPAK– The Christians of Pentecostal Outreach Ministries International Uganda has donated food relief to 300 families in Napak district, Karamoja Sub-region. Currently, People are dying of hunger in Karamoja Sub-region. The donation…
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Local communities on shores of Lake Albert get Shs 1.6bln water project
KIKUUBE-The local communities on the shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district have a reason to smile as they will no longer use contaminated water, following…
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Energy & Mining
Busitema University, Chinese gold company sign deal to improve skills
TORORO-Busitema University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wagagai Mining [U] Limited in a bid to improve the quality of the university’s students doing engineering-related courses. The collaboration between the academic…
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Health
Gov’t moves to improve staff accommodation at Busolwe hospital
BUTALEJA – To improve the delivery of health services at Busolwe General Hospital, the government has started constructing and renovating 74 housing units for the hospital’s workers. Busolwe Hospital, found in Butaleja…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Misinformation threatens Shs 30bln irrigation project in Amuru
AMURU-Locals of Ayila village, Guru guru Sub-county in Amuru district are skeptical about embracing an irrigation project proposed to be established in their area due to misinformation The Ayila irrigation project estimated…
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Environment
Drought hits Europe’s rivers and crops
LONDON-Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas faced by drought. In the Netherlands the level of the Waal…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro livestock farmers worried over lack of water and pasture
KIKUUBE-Cattle farmers in Bunyoro Sub-region are struggling to find water and pasture for their animals, following the dry spell that has hit the area for the past three months. The most affected…
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Mbale City floods death toll rises to 17
MBALE: The death toll of the Mbale City flood victims has increased to 17 people. This comes after nine more bodies were recovered on Monday morning from River Nabuyonga in Nabuyonga ward,…
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Child marriages rise in Sembabule as poverty and drought continue to bite
SEMBABULE-Authorities in Sembabule district are worried over the increasing cases of child marriages which they attribute to poverty and a prolonged drought spell in the district. Sembabule district lies in the cattle…
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