Farmers in Omoro District have embraced pig husbandry under Operation Wealth Creation - OWC aimed at alleviating poverty. More than 40 individual farmers have been identified by the District Agriculture Department to benefit from the piggery agribusiness expected to enhance their household income, and improve livelihoods. The selected farmers have
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Uganda Airlines and FMU officials sign off an MOU sealing the partnership to work together. Uganda Airlines is now the official carrier for the Federation of Motorsports Uganda Uganda Airlines today Saturday, September 25, 2021 entered into partnership with the Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU) where the national
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Sports administrators have said the continued closure of schools is affecting sports development. Schools were closed following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their closure affected several sporting activities and competitions that were often conducted in schools. These included the post-primary games, Airtel rising stars’ games, National University games, East
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Kwik Build Contractors and Engineers are on the spot over shoddy work at Kigorobya seed secondary school in Hoima district and Nyairongo Seed Secondary school in Kikuube district. The company owned by Patrick Isagara, a resident of Hoima City is accused of executing shoddy works on the two projects. During
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Atiak Sub-County leaders in Amuru District have tasked pastoralists to fence their grazing land to avoid their livestock crossing to community gardens. The Sub-County Council resolved to compel the pastoralists to register all their animals and fence the land they have rented from the community for grazing but the pastoralists
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Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-Local Government has recommended a forensic audit of the 53 Billion Shillings COVID-1 relief cash. This is after the committee chaired by Bar dege- Layibi MP Martin Ojara Mapenduzi uncovered gross irregularities. The joint parliamentary team, comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committees was tasked to
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Emmanuel Iyamulemye, UCDA Managing Director speaking at the engagement meeting Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has started conducting engagement meetings with key stakeholders in preparation for the registration of coffee farmers across the country. This comes after President Yoweri Museveni duly assented to the National Coffee Act, 2021 on 31st
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Mr. Michael Mugabi (R), the Managing Director of Housing Finance Bank handed over a cheque of 40 million shillings to Habitat for Humanity Uganda, in the presence of Buganda Kingdom’s Oweek. Mariam Nkalubo Mayanja, to be used for the complete construction of two houses for two underprivileged families in Kalagi
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The Ministry of Finance through the Permanent Secretary Ramathan Ggoobi (pictured) has threatened not to approve supplementary budgets of entities that failed to utilise up all their allocated budgets. Ggoobi sounded the warning on Thursday during a Local Governments Budget Consultative Workshop held in Masaka, where he assured the Local Government leaders that
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Minister Anite and other UIA officials are visiting various parts of the country Patriotic Ugandans have ‘gifted’ government with over 4000 acres of land that will be given out to investors to set up industries in industrial parks across the country. The revelation was made by State Minister for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn Anite,
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