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Buvuma Oil Palm Uganda Limited has increased its manpower to improve oil palm growing condition in Buvuma district amidst reports of disease outbreak threats in Kalangala where the Ugandan palm oil culture started. A report compiled by a National Agricultural Research Organisation-NARO technical team from the headed by Dr. Gabriel

L-R:  Regina Navuga, Jane Nalunga and Ausi Kibowa addressing journalists. A section of activists have called on Government to use the Shs1.72Trn acquired  from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to purchase Covid-19 vaccines so as to further open up the economy. The activists including Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information

The late Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige aka BMK President Yoweri K Museveni has paid tribute Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige aka BMK, describing him as a great entrepreneur. The President says the young generation should emulate BMK. “He leaves behind a great example, worth emulating, especially for the young

The government has allocated over sh6bn for the construction of two Seed Secondary Schools in Buvuma district. The Buvuma District Education Officer -DEO, Hussein Bugembe says the government is intending to address the biting problem of primary school dropout rates in Buvuma which is partly responsible for the abscence of

Some officials from Ethiopian Airlines, Fly Dubai and Emirates are concerned that some passengers have tested positive for Covid-19 or dodged taking tests at Entebbe International Airport amidst restrictions from United Arab Emirates-UAE. The officials say much as less than 50 people are traveling any single flight daily to UAE,

The King of Tooro Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukiidi IV has launched the Kingdom’s development plan for the next 25 years. The plan was launched on Saturday on the eve of the King’s 26th coronation anniversary. According to the plan, the Kingdom will focus on six pillars which include, promoting

Local Defence Units personnel in Karamoja have shot dead an up coming long distance runner, claiming they mistook him for a cattle rustler running away from arrest. Jorem Egwau aged 18 years was shot dead in the early morning of Saturday at Lokwamoru village, Narisae parish in Lorengedwat town council

Members of Parliament from the Acholi Sub Region have asked the Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot Onen David Acana II to intervene in the Apaa Township unrest. The MPs say that the subjects of the Paramount Chief living in the Apaa Township are being brutalized and allegedly killed by their rival

Residents of Aber and Minakulu Sub Counties in Oyam District are counting losses following a heavy storm that destroyed their houses and crops. The storm uprooted bananas and destroyed countless gardens of cassava, maize and cabbages. The most affected villages are Obangangeo, Opwot, and Boda in Kulu-Abura parish Minakulu sub