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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 Exactly one month since the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of trade banned the production and sale of the City 5, a local gin attributed to the death of 17 of its consumers, the police have impounded 74 more …
Read More »CONTRACTOR ASKS FOR 18 MONTHS EXTENSION OF ATIAK-LAROPI ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 STRABAG, an Austrian construction company undertaking the tarmacking of the Atiak-Laropi road, has asked for an extension of the contract period for additional 18 months. Sources from the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have confirmed that the contractor will not be able …
Read More »KOBOKO DISTRICT CLOSES CHARCOAL MARKETS FOLLOWING RJF SUPPORTED STORY ON MOUNT KEI FOREST RESERVE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KOBOKO: Monday, September 19, 2022 Koboko district has shut down eight charcoal markets at Busia border crossing following the Rainforest journalism Fund supported article on Mount Kei Forest Reserve. “I closed all the eight big markets at Busia where they were trading charcoal. There was resistance from …
Read More »OPTIMUM LAND USE MODEL HELPS A REFUGEE WIDOW IN ADJUMANI TO REAP BIG FROM SMALL VEGETABLE PLOTS
BY MARKO TAIBOT ADJUMANI: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 Grace Drale Emilio fled her country, South Sudan, in 2016 with 15 children after the fighters killed her husband the late Shaban Obote. She managed to stride with all the children escaping volatile South Sudan up to the border of Uganda at Elegu …
Read More »EMPOWER WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN WEALTH CREATION, VP ALUPO TELLS EADERS
BY OUR REPORTER DAR-ES-SALAAM: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 The Vice President of Uganda, H.E Jessica Alupo, has told women leaders and entrepreneurs to actively involve women in wealth creation to achieve sustainable development. Alupo said that sustainable plans of any country can only be achieved where community is actively involved …
Read More »46 SACCOS RECEIVE PDM CASH IN LIRA CITY
By Samuel Onen At least 46 SACCOs out of 49 have successfully received shs17m each under the Parish Development model (PDM). This development was confirmed to Karamojanews on Monday September 5, 2022 by the Lira city Mayor, Sam Atul, in an interview from his office. Atul said seventeen million shilling …
Read More »HEAVY RAINS, BAD ROADS INTERFERE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN KARENGA.
By James Jemo Muya The ongoing rains in Karamoja Region have brought more happiness to the farmers but also has hindered some other aspects of life especially in places where there are bad roads in the different communities of Karamoja. Karenga as one of the new districts in Karamoja has …
Read More »Trade Ministry, UNBS ban Arua’s Adulterated Gin
By Timothy Eodu The Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives and Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS have banned the importation, manufacture, sale and distribution of City 5 Gin that led to the death of over a dozen people in Arua district and left some survivors with the risk of going blind. …
Read More »Killer waragi impounded in Karamoja, Dealers cautioned
Jerrycans of impounded Waragi By Timothy Eodu The police in Moroto district have impounded yet again illicit waragi from Moroto district and cautioned traders who are still dealing in the business throughout the region to abandon it as soon as possible if they want to avoid the losses associated with …
Read More »MSC awards best performing clients in Karamoja.
MSC Staffs posing for a photo shoot with their clients By Timothy Eodu The Microfinance Support Center Moroto Zonal office has awarded a number of best performing clients across the nine (9) districts of it’s operation in Karamoja with certificates.This was done on Friday 12th/August 2022 from Hotel Africana in …
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