Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Oporot tree planting group in Patongo town council in Agago district that benefited from the NUSAF III project have resolved to sell off properties of their executive members to recover 16 million shillings they allegedly swindled. The decision follows the failure by the …
Read More »Bududa gets UGX 162 million NUSAF III funds for road works
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district local government has received 162 million shillings from the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund program. The funds are meant for the construction of community roads in five sub-counties. According to Bosco Makuma the Bududa district engineer, the sub-counties which will benefit are Bukibokolo …
Read More »Sweden funds emergency cash transfers to women and children in West Nile
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 56,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under the age of two including refugees in West Nile region are set to get emergency cash transfers thanks to yet another initiative by the World Food Programme and the Government of Uganda. The transfers, …
Read More »Kitgum nodding affected families reject gov’t heifers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Families affected by the mysterious nodding syndrome in Kitgum district have rejected 168 heifers meant to support their households. They say that the animals, procured by the Office of the Prime Minister under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF III), were substandard. The heifers …
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