Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers in Lwengo district have appealed to the government to capitalize on farmers’ cooperative unions and eliminate exorbitant moneylenders and exploitative brokers who are ruining the subsector by compromising the quality of produce. Through their umbrella organization, Buddu Rural Coffee Farmers, Nursery Operators …
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The government through the Attorney General sued the Project Affected Persons, accusing them of declining to receive the compensation fees allocated to them during the property evaluation process, which threatens the implementation of the pipeline project. Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government had dragged 80 people in different parts …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in a road crash, along the Kampala-Mbarara highway. The accident involving a Fuso lorry registration number UBM 673k and bus number UBQ 621K, belonging to Gateway Bus Company Limited, occurred Monday morning at Kirumba …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite receiving monetary compensation for properties affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) route in Lwengo and Kyotera districts, some affected individuals are expressing regret over the project’s impact on their livelihoods. Teddy Nakintu, 79, from Nnanywa A village, Ndagwe sub-county in …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lwengo district leadership has appealed to the opposition leadership in parliament to support their quest to improve the learning environment in the government schools. Lwengo District Chairperson Ibrahim Kitatta says that the district is stuck with government schools in very poor shape. Kitatta …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwengo district has lost prime property over an outstanding debt of sh30 million it owes Hajj Abdul Kitatta, the former Bukoto West Member of parliament. The district council has resolved to allow Hajj Kittata to take over five out of the nine acres of land …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwengo district risks losing prime property over an accumulated debt it owes to former Member of Parliament for Bukoto West Abdul Kitatta. Kitatta is threatening to repossess seven out of the ten acres of land on which the district constructed its headquarters in Mbirizi …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is growing in Lwengo district following the re-emergence of anonymous life-threatening leaflets that are being thrown in the area. Aloysius Kibira, the LC2 chairperson of Kkingo sub-county, says that fear has returned in their communities because unknown people have started throwing around anonymous leaflets warning …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Village and parish council leaders in Lwengo district are calling for a special audit into the implementation of the Emyooga program, a presidential initiative aimed at wealth and job creation citing ghost beneficiaries. According to the lower local council leaders, many of the program beneficiaries appearing …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine people have been confirmed dead following a fatal motor accident that occurred along the Masaka-Mbarara highway on Wednesday night. The accident involved a trailer truck registration RAF 168S/RL 1426, and passenger taxi registration number UBJ 084N, which occurred at the Kagganda junction in …
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