Arua’s Female Farmer Turns Urban Farming into a Thriving Enterprise, Aims to Lead Sunflower Oil Production in West Nile By Matata Benzamin Arua: Monday, February 16, 2025 In the heart of Arua City, a woman’s passion for farming has turned into a thriving business empire. Caroline Lilly Ocanda, a 56, …
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BY JOSEPH OKUL LIRA: Thursday, February 6, 2025 As a beneficiary of a solar irrigation project, Judith Ayo, a peasant farmer for over two decades, a resident of Alepo village, Ayamo parish, Bar sub county expressed high hopes that her annual incomes will gradually increase. The mother of eight grows …
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A section of the emergence call and dispatch center in Arua BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND MUSINGUZI GOODLUCK Monday, January 20, 2025 When the Ministry of Health of Uganda took a bold step to stop importation of Covid-19 …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU Saturday, January 18, 2025 Despite the growing importance of soil testing to enhance small-holder farmers’ (SHF) agricultural productivity, the rigidity of northern Uganda farmers on traditional farming practices, limited awareness, the relatively high cost of carrying out soil testing and low penetration by private soil testing actors …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025 In a bid to assuage the club fortunes and drive down operational costs, the Onduparaka Football Club Fans’ Association has launched a mobilization drive for sh250m to purchase an omni-bus to transport players. Transport is one of the biggest expenses draining club …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI ARUA: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024 There is a beehive of activity at the construction site for the Arua Hospital Intensive Care unit as wheelbarrow pushers make their way with mixture of concrete up the rums for casting the concrete upstairs as plumbing technicians drill …
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BY FEDERICK DRAMADRI OBONGI: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 Vendors in Obongi main market in Obongi town council are demanding a forensic audit into the procurement and construction of a sh50 million waste management facility. The project was awarded by the Office of the Prime Minster to Gulu University Hoima campus …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND GOODLUCK MUSINGUZI YUMBE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 Koro health center III in Bidibidi Refugee settlement in Yumbe district is three months away from turning from a temporary unit to a permanent facility. This follows the construction of about sh2bn Outpatients Department, Inpatient Block, a maternity …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024 Rt Rev Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi-West Nile diocese, has called for modesty in spending among Christians as they celebrate Christmas this year. “Make Christmas cost effective, celebrate carefully, be security conscious have a stress-free Christmas,” said Rev Andaku. He …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Friday, December 13, 2024 The construction of an ambulance call and dispatch center that is expected to improve coordination and management for medical emergencies is under way at the Arua Regional Referral Hospital. Project engineers have estimated the works to be at around 79% as they …
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