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Former street kids graduate in vocational training skills

GULU – A total of 35 former street kids picked from the streets of Gulu City have graduated in various vocational training skills. The two-year course was sponsored by Favour […]

More than 31m people likely to face food insecurity and hunger in East Africa

KAMPALA – An estimated 31.4 million people in the Eastern Africa are likely to face acute food insecurity and hunger unless states take appropriate response mechanisms. A regional research report […]

Farmers want government to dig trenches around villages neighboring Murchison Falls National Park

MASINDI – Farmers neighboring Murchison falls national park in Kiruli sub-county in Masindi district want the government to dig trenches around the villages adjacent to the park to deter elephants […]

Hoima Sugar Company Limited compensates four families

KIKUUBE – Hoima Sugar Company Limited (HSCL), an Indian owned company growing sugarcane and producing sugar in Kikuube district has compensated families whose relatives died in road and factory accidents. […]

World Bank builds a Shs2 billion school in Otuke

OTUKE – The World Bank has constructed classrooms, staff accommodation and an internet communication technology block at Ogor Seed Secondary School in Otuke district to ease access to higher education […]

100 women acquire hands-on skills in bakery

BUNYANGABU – Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) in partnership with Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) have trained 100 women on bakery and mindset change in Bunyangabu district. UWEP National Coordinator, […]

Granite to create 1,000 jobs for youths in Lira

LIRA – Universal Granite and Marble, an international company is establishing a tile factory at Barapwo parish in Lira City, west division. The factory will employ 1,000 young people directly […]

Kikuube district gets Service Commission after waiting for two years

KIKUUBE – Kikuube district local government has finally received a District Service Commission (DSC) after struggling for two years to recruit public servants. This was after the district council appointed […]

Cooperatives given up to November to hold Covid-19 delayed AGMs

UGANDA – The Registrar of Cooperative Societies in Uganda has set 31st December 2021 as the deadline for all cooperatives to have their Annual General Meetings (AGMs). The directive comes […]

Farm credit giving Omoro and Amuru women farmers a lifeline

OMORO – Dero-she capital, a local community-based organization (CBO) is helping more than 170 rural women in Amuru and Omoro districts to profitably engage in agriculture by extending farm credit […]