Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Karamoja residents have asked the government to revisit the yearly handouts of relief food to Karamoja and instead consider establishing irrigation capability to address perennial hunger in the region. Karamoja region is currently battling hunger which has claimed over 900 people in …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district authorities plan to construct irrigation schemes and water dams along the banks of River Unyama to mitigate persistent flooding of Elegu Township along the Uganda-South Sudan border. Elegu Town suffers devastating floods, which displaces hundreds of people whenever River Unyama bursts its …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has delayed the approval of funding amounting to 990 billion Shillings to finance the construction of irrigation schemes, drainage channels and dams as part of a new climate-resilient irrigation project. The project is expected to benefit 63,200 smallholder farmers in Isingiro, Kanungu, Lamwo, Lira, …
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