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Cotton experts are predicting the favourable weather conditions in the Acholi Sub-region could see a higher production of cotton lint this farming season. Heavy rainfalls that triggered flooding last year affected cotton production in the region, leaving thousands of farmers with heavy losses. The region produced only about 40,000 bales

Makerere University has allowed students with tuition balances to sit examinations because of the shutdown of the payment system. The university is transitioning from Academic Information Management System -AIMS to for Academic Management Information System- ACMIS, a new records management system, which has affected payments. The university is also scheduled

Gulu City is struggling to utilize 201.2 million shillings Covid-19 fund due to failures of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS). The IFMS is an automated budgeting and accounting system used by government entities to initiate, spend and monitor their budgets, process payments, manage and report on their financial activities.

The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) has said that the National Science, technology and innovation skills enhancement project will be completed by May 2023. This project is aimed at enhancing the technology and skills of Ugandans to participate in strategic national infrastructure projects and manufacturing industries. The

There is relief in Elegu Township, Amuru district following the resumption of transportation of goods to the South Sudan capital, Juba by the Long-distance truck drivers on Tuesday. More than 600 trucks had been parked in the Uganda-South Sudan border of Elegu in Amuru district 14-days after the long-distance truck

Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has asked representatives of the UN Women to align their agenda with the struggle to transform and uplift rural women, as opposed to high sounding statements without clear deliverables. In a meeting with UN Women Uganda Representatives led by Elizabeth Mushabe, who is also the Deputy Country

Geoffrey Oloya, who was the first recipient of the Government’s COVID-19 Relief Cash, today morning presented himself before Gulu City authorities and dispelled all falsehoods that have been labeling him as a “ghost” recipient of the Relief Cash.Oloya, a resident of Gulu City, first shot to prominence when the Prime

The Hoima District LC5 Chairperson, Kadir Kirungi and three members of his executive are behind bars for allegedly hiring out road equipment to an Indian investor in Kiryandongo district. The others are Benson Chiche, the Hoima LC5 Vice-Chairperson, James Mugenyi Mulindambura the Kiganja sub-county LC 5 Councilor and Natural resources

The National Social Security Fund has no plans to review its investment structure even if there are some companies whose shares are not doing well on the stock markets. Some stocks across East Africa’s stock markets have lost value since their initial public offer and others since the NSSF acquired

Stiff competition and high indebtedness have forced Uganda's third largest telecom service company by subscriber base, Africell, to quit the country. The company say its services will stop of October 7, this year, according to a letter circulated to its employees, who will continue to be in employment until November