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Tears as hundreds in Teso miss joining local defence force
SOROTI- Tears of anguish rolled down on Wednesday at Soroti Sports Grounds in Soroti City as hundreds of youth who had turned up to be recruited into the Local Defence Personnel [LDP]…
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Lira farmers urged to invest in fish farming
LIRA– Tom Anyii, Chief Executive Officer Taf Agro Tourism Mixed Farm at Telela village in Lira City East Division, has advised farmers across the country to invest in fish farming but also…
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Partners launch over Shs 69mln Climate Innovation Challenge for schools
KAMPALA– Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda [ECOTRUST] on Tuesday launched a US$ 18,565 [Shs 69,450,000] Climate Change Innovation Challenge for schools at an event that…
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Adjumani district leaders ask partners to help skill refugees
ADJUMANI– Leaders of Adjumani District have called for support from the development partners to support the skilling of the youths in refugee settlements and host communities to enable the young people to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UAE Ministry of Economy partners with ICA-AP to boost the co-op sector
DUBAI – The Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates days ago signed a co-operation agreement with the International Cooperative Alliance – through the latter’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office [ICA-AP], which aims…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Refugees demand for inclusion in govt programmes
LAMWO– Refugees settled in the three settlement centres in Lamwo district want to benefit from government programmes such as; Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program, (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Fund, which are geared toward…
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Shs 435bln project to create 12,000 jobs in Uganda
LIRA– A new government project to enhance technological skills in the young people is to begin soon and is expected to create 12,000 job opportunities in Uganda. The project, ‘National Science, Technology,…
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Cooperators attend TUI’s Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Camp 2022, urged to create wealth
KAMPALA– About 40 youth from several cooperatives on the Coop360° Network are attending a four-day annual Kyoto Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Camp 2022, organised by The Uhuru Institute for Social Development [TUI].…
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Allow the youth to drive Vision 2040, say population and economic experts
NATIONAL – Population, economic experts and civil society activists have warned that for Uganda to harness her demographic dividend and achieve aspirations of attaining upper middle-income status by 2040, the government must…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kaberamaido youth abandon tractor over Shs 5m debt
KABERAMAIDO-Kaberamaido youth have abandoned a tractor in the hands of a mechanic after failing to clear a bill of about Shs 5.4 million. The tractor Reg. No. UAW 096V was donated to…
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