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Kilak South MP, Gilbert Olanya speaks at a press briefing in Gulu City on Monday   A section of legislators from the Acholi Sub-region has cautioned the government against providing further funding to Atiak Sugar Factory in Atiak Sub-county, Amuru District. This comes in the wake of the temporary closure

Government-sponsored students at Makerere University are demanding their allowances before the closure of the semester. The students say that it is a few weeks to the end of the semester but they are yet to receive part of their allowances. Some of the students have already received part of their

The Ministry of Works and Transport is seeking 21.5 Billion Shillings to implement road safety programs and activities. In May, the Government launched the National Road Safety Action Plan, a decade-long plan after it failed to achieve the 2011-2020 UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. The action plan was

Research by the Anti-Counterfeit Network Africa has revealed that 72 percent of the farmers within the Bugisu sub-region cannot differentiate between genuine and counterfeit agro-inputs. The study conducted in March and April 2022 was driven by common narratives about farmers’ experiences with fertilizers, seeds, and other agricultural inputs. It also

Migrant workers are paying more than 100,000 Shillings to acquire COVID-19 vaccination certificates through agents at labour export companies and data entrants at certain vaccination sites across the country. Some of the migrant workers told our reporter that they paid to get vaccination certificates to travel to mainly the United

FAO Uganda Country Representative, Dr Antonio Querido addressing Ugandan diaspora-youth conference in Kampala. The Food and Agriculture Organization- FAO has rallied the Ugandan Diaspora and the youth in the diaspora to embrace agribusiness opportunities to spur economic growth and job creation. FAO, in partnership with Uganda Diaspora in Agribusiness Network

President Yoweri Museveni. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said Africa must emphasize and support an indigenous entrepreneurial class, national capitalists who can help build economically develop countries. Museveni was speaking shortly after a ceremony in which heads of state of the East African Community commissioned the 42.4-kilometer Arusha by-pass road, one

Owino market. Leaders of St Balikuddembe Stalls, Spaces, and Lockup Owners Association-SSLOA, have vowed not to return the lease title certificates for the cancellation to the Ministry of Lands. Last week, Johnson Bigiira, the commissioner of land registration, asked the leaders to return the duplicate title certificates for cancellation within