Stories :: User: Candia Stephen :: Accepted date: September 2019

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• West Nile Tobacco Farmers Sign Pact to Shift to Food Crop Production

  21 Sep 2019, 16:27 Comments 137 Views Arua, Uganda Agriculture Updates

  According to the memorandum, Gloveg will supply quality seeds of sorghum, simsim, soya beans, among others, secure markets and partner with the government to provide fertilizers, Tractors, trucks for transportation of produce, training in modern agricultural practices and also refurbish storage facility at the West Nile Cooperative Union offices in Terego.

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• West Nile Cooperative Union Seeks UGX 1 Trillion Compensation from Govermment

  21 Sep 2019, 10:35 Comments 176 Views Arua, Uganda Business and finance Agriculture Report

  West Nile Cooperative Union started in 1969 as a British American Tobacco- BAT supported farmers group with its headquarters at Wandi in East Terego County. But its equipment comprising 10 Tata lorries, 15 Tractors and several other properties was destroyed during the insurgency which left it in ruins.

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• Poverty, Lack of Sanitary Facilities Fueling Early Marriages, Teenage Pregnancies Among Refugees Top story

  17 Sep 2019, 16:18 Comments 370 Views Arua, Uganda Health Misc Report

  David Lorube Kwaje, the Ofua Zone Three Settlement Camp Refugee Welfare Council Secretary, says they register one to two cases of early marriages and defilement each week mainly among refugees due to poverty and school dropouts due to lack of sanitary facilities.

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• Arua City SACCO Demands UGX 350m Presidential Pledge Fulfilled

  15 Sep 2019, 10:56 Comments 218 Views Arua, Uganda Politics Business and finance Report

  The pledge was made in 2017 by President Museveni after the late MP Ibrahim Abiriga, then patron of the SACCO led some of the members to meet the President.

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• IGG Orders Sub County Chief in Adjumani to Recover Missing Heifers

  13 Sep 2019, 11:06 Comments 202 Views Crime Local government Report

  In a report, the IGG faulted Mindraa for failing to declare four heifers to Ciforo Sub County. The cows were supplied to the Sub County under the government restocking program in the financial year 2015-2016.

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• Teacher Conquers Trek to Arua to Save Shea Nut Tree

  11 Sep 2019, 18:09 Comments 268 Views Arua, Uganda Health Environment Report

  The Conservationist, Mustafa Gerima, started his journey in Kampala two weeks ago and endured extreme weather through the jungles and national parks along the route. He made nightlong stopovers at Bombo, Katuggo, Migyera, Kafu, Kigumba, Bweyale, Karuma, Pakwach and Nebbi, before arriving at his destination, Arua.

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• Youths In Arua Warned Against Drug Abuse

  8 Sep 2019, 11:55 Comments 529 Views Arua, Uganda Religion Misc Northern Report

  Rev. Fr. William Andima, the Youth Chaplain Christ the King parish made the appeal during the Arua diocesan youth day celebrations 2019 held in Arua town parish on Saturday.

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• Lack of Processing Plant, Money Frustrates Tea Growing in Zombo Top story

  5 Sep 2019, 10:50 Comments 1031 Views Zombo, Uganda Business and finance Agriculture Report

  Government introduced tea growing in Zombo district in 2014 through the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund-NUSAF. A tea plantation was established on a piece of land measuring 3000 acres belonging to Alur Kingdom. A group of farmers in Zeu Sub County embraced the tea production.

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• West Nile Voters Reject Proposed Electoral Reforms On Independent Candidates

  3 Sep 2019, 16:33 Comments 297 Views Arua, Uganda Parliament Local government Report

  Lilly Akello Rose Woman MP Karenga and member of the Legal Affairs committee of parliament says there is no need to bar the independents from participating since their fate is finally determined by the voters.

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• Gun Fingerprinting Starts in West Nile

  3 Sep 2019, 10:40 Comments 261 Views Arua, Uganda Crime Security Report

  Thomas Kamugisha, the team leader for the firearm verification team, says that the team is capturing the data of each individual gun and marching the data with the holder.

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