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Busia, Uganda | URN | What started as just 100 chicks has grown into a poultry enterprise of about 3,000 layer hens for Hadijah Bony, a farmer in Majanji Sub-county, Busia District, who now earns millions of shillings from the business each month. Bony says she started the project through …

Soroti, Uganda | URN | Exhausted health workers at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital are being forced to stretch across shifts and attend to dozens of patients at a time, with severe understaffing increasingly affecting their responsiveness and interaction with patients, Parliament has heard. Dennis Katinda, the hospital’s Senior Human Resource …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veteran musician and Afrigo Band icon Moses Matovu has died after he was attacked by unidentified assailants in Kampala. Matovu breathed his last at Kibuli Hospital on Thursday morning, where he had been rushed following the attack. Preliminary investigations indicate that at approximately 5:30 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s youthfulness is often described as an advantage. It can also be a liability. A country in which more than 70% of the population is below 30 needs to create productive work at a pace that matches the growth of its working-age population. Otherwise, …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan government has urged coffee farmers not to lose heart amid volatility in the global market and adverse weather conditions affecting production. Frank Tumwebaze, minister of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries, said in a statement dated Sunday that the international coffee market had recently …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Veteran musician and Afrigo Band icon Moses Matovu has died after he was attacked by unidentified assailants in Kampala. Matovu breathed his last at Kibuli Hospital on Thursday morning, where he had been rushed following the attack. Preliminary information indicates that the veteran musician was attacked …

  Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alur Kingdom, the traditional cultural institution for the Alur people in Nebbi District, has called for the restoration of youth fireplace gatherings to help reduce teenage pregnancy in the district. Locally referred to as Kaoi Pa Aradu, which translates to “The Youth Fireplace”, the …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Tooro’s former Queen Mother Best Kemigisa has revealed that the succession dispute that followed the death of her son, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, became so tense that the family decided to keep his child in Texas rather than bring the heir …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that he will attend the coronation of Omukama Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I of Tooro Kingdom as the chief guest on September 29. State Minister for Gender and Culture Mary Kamuli Kutesa announced the President’s confirmation, saying his acceptance to attend adds …

Busia, Uganda | URN | Poultry farmers in Busia District are increasingly crossing into neighbouring Kenya to buy feeds, vaccines and drugs, citing lower prices and rising production costs in Uganda. The farmers say a 50-kilogramme bag of starter crumbs costs about KSh4,139, equivalent to roughly Shs125,000, in Kenya, compared with …