Tag Archives: Atiak

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Horyal Investments Holding Co Ltd, the majority shareholder in the Atiak Sugar factory has criticized the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) over its limited participation in the management of the joint venture. In 2018, the government through UDC invested $5.5 million in exchange for a …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atiak Sugar Factory in Amuru District is seeking additional government financing to install water pipelines from the River Nile to support irrigation for sustainable sugarcane cultivation and sugar production. This request comes after the government’s injection of 108 billion shillings in a supplementary budget …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Atiak Sugar Factory intends to gradually change to another sugarcane variety, more suited to irrigation and resistant to fires. The old sugar cane variety was a mixture of two varieties, NCO-245 and 511, which were rain-fed and prone to fires. However, the new varieties, which …

  Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started delivering machines and equipment meant for the mechanized operations of Atiak Sugar Factory in the Northern Uganda district of Amuru. The machines have been purchased by the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) through a sh108 billion supplementary budget passed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) has said that the ‘direct procurement’ of Horyal Company Limited to manage Atiak Sugar works in Amuru District was fraudulent. COSASE, chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi, the Nakawa West Member of …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wildfires have destroyed more than 1,400 acres of sugarcane in Ayuu Alali parish in Palabek Kal Sub County in Lamwo district.  The Chairperson Ayuu Alali Sugarcane Outgrowers Cooperatives Society, Francis Ojwiya, says that the fire broke out from sugar plantations that had already been …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Atiak sub county, Amuru district have imposed a ban on the movement of cattle due to a suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The area borders Palaro sub county in Gulu district, where an outbreak of FMD has been reported and …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atiak sub county leaders in Amuru district will prioritize the protection of the environment in the next five years. The sub-county is among the areas hit most by environmental degradation through indiscriminate tree cutting for charcoal and logs. Parts of the sub-county especially Okidi East and …

VIDEO: NAADS Officials Visit Atiak Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | The National Agriculture Advisory Services, NAADs has embarked on assessing the Atiak Sugar project before releasing billions of shillings to benefit outgrowers. Recently government announced a UGX 63 billion shilling bail out towards Uganda’s wealthiest woman, with money to be …