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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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Floods kills eight, several missing in Mbale
MBALE-At least eight people have been confirmed dead in flash flooding in Mbale district and Mbale City. Security said among the dead is Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier, private Sam Chemulindwa,…
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Health
Masaka wetlands degraded due to inadequate funding- top official
MASAKA– More than 42 square kilometres of the wetlands’ buffer zones in Masaka district have been degraded due to a lack of enough funds for monitoring and enforcement of regulations, a senior…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbale Central Market vendors elect new leaders
MBALE– Vendors operating in Mbale Central Market in Industrial City Division, Mbale City, days ago elected new leaders to manage their affairs after seven years of waiting. Those elected are: Perez Wambede…
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Over 700 graduate with diplomas at UTC-Lira
LIRA- A total of 728 students of Uganda Technical College [UTC]-Lira have graduated with Higher and National Diplomas in five academic disciplines. According to the graduation list availed to parents and graduates,…
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Development
Teso citrus farmers benefit as training centre is opened
SOROTI– Teso Citrus Training and Education Centre was officially opened in Arapai Sub-county in Soroti City to help citrus fruit farmers including cooperatives to improve the quality of their fruits, and add…
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Environment
Illegal sand mining threatening Kasese rivers
KASESE -As sand mining activities continue to thrive in Kasese district unregulated, the major rivers, the natural flow of rivers like Nyamwamba, Nyamugasana, Mubuku, and Rwembyo, is being affected due to silting…
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New partnership to support Omoro farmer groups with seeds
OMORO- Sixteen farmer groups in Odek Sub-county in Omoro district will soon be able to acquire planting seeds from the East African Ministries [EAM] under the Seed Effect Uganda Project. The new…
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Northern
UNBS opens regional food safety laboratory in Gulu City to ease trade
GULU– Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] has opened a Food Safety Testing Laboratory for Northern Region based in Gulu City. The Equipment for the Laboratory was donated by Vegetable Oil Development…
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