BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MOUNT KEI: FRIDAY, Jun 24, 2022 This story was produced with support from the Rainforest Journalism Fund in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. A rough, dusty road from Yumbe town in West Nile sub-region of Uganda passes through Mount Kei national forest reserve (formally known as Mount …
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BY CHRIS JAMES WOO OYAM: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 Oyam district in northern Uganda is eyeing a 40% increment in vegetable production through promotion of smallholder irrigation farming. However the district is placing its faith in the German Development Agency, GIZ to help it realize that vision. Last week it …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022 On a tall mango tree in his samba, Emmanuel Ajedra, an experienced fruit farmer and entrepreneur hangs a yellow tape. It is a sheet laced with sticky gum on both sides incorporating pheromone as an insect lure to trap the male fruit …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, MAY 09, 2022 The State minister for investment and privatization, Evelyn Anite has reached out to West Nile entrepreneurs, advising that they undertake planned investments. Anite said plan, the English verb for President Yoweri Museveni’s favorite Lugbara ward “Otitaa” was the center piece for success …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022 The Arua fruit juice factory has finally resumed operation following intervention from the German Development Agency, GIZ. On Thursday, Florian Rehli, the Addis-Ababa based German Foreign Office regional representative for refugee affairs in company of embassy officials from Kampala paid a working …
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BY WALTER KUMIRA AMURU: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022 Cycle connect, a company providing interest free loans and assets for smallholder farmers has expanded its operations from Adjumani district to Amuru district. Williams Komakech Cainan, the Programs Manager of Cycle Connect, said they provide farmers with production assets like bicycles, motorcycles, …
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BY OKOT LIL ROMEO GULU: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2021 At least 44 dairy farmers in Acholi sub- region have received over 62 heifers to boost dairy farming for alleviating poverty. A local farmers’ led organization, Countryside Harvester, operating in Northern Uganda gave the support to the selected farmers to invest …
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BY GODFREY OLUKYA AND RICHARD DRASIMAKU KAMPALA: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2021 The ministry of health has said it is okay with parliament’s move to approve a motion seeking for ratification of a treaty on prohibition of nuclear weapons. The motion was tabled by Bardege-Layibi Division county Member of Parliament, Martin Ojara …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU OBONGI: Nov 17, 2021 From the far flung horizon, the setting sun illuminates the skyline, its rays dappling the banks of River Nile where parts of Obongi town once blossomed. But beneath the spectacle lie the ruins of destruction – of shops, rentals, residential apartments and grass …
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CHRIS FRANK HOIMA: MONDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2021 The National Drug Authority (NDA) has discovered 24,440 spoiled vaccines during their operations recently conducted in different districts of western Uganda. The NDA regional Regulatory officer, Dr Steven Ssemakaru says, in the last two weeks, they carried out operations in the districts of …
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