Tag Archives: heifers

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-seven beneficiaries under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) project in Bushiribo Sub County Bududa district have been forced to replace the animals they had sold off. Last year, the beneficiaries disposed of more than 40 heifers they received under NUSAF3. The missing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has delivered ten in-calf heifers to Wakiso district women council leaders in fulfillment of his pledge to the women leaders shortly after their elections. Sherry Kalyegira, the chairperson of Wakiso district women council who received the ten heifers on behalf of her …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has fulfilled a pledge of 10 heifers he made to Budaka women 5 years ago. Museveni who is seeking re-election as President of the country in the 2021 general polls had while campaigning for the 2016 elections made the pledge of the …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 farmers from six sub-counties in Kwania district have received heifers worth 576 million shillings under the restocking program. In 2014, the government earmarked 20 billion shillings to restore livelihoods and alleviate poverty in West Nile, Acholi, Lango and the Teso-sub regions …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manafwa Resident District Commissioner, Ahamada Washaki has impounded three heifers that he had just handed to farmers in the district under Agriculture Extension Grant Financing destined for Mbale. Washaki intercepted the three heifers in Bumbobi sub county on Tuesday afternoon aboard a pickup registration …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40 heifers distributed to farmers in Bududa district under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund – NUSAF 3 have been sold. The missing animals were distributed to farmers in Bushilibo, Bumayoka, Nalwanza, Bukalasi, Bushika, Bushiyi and Bukibokolo Sub counties. The farmers were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cyrus Mabonga, the sub county chief of Bukusu in Manafwa district has been arrested for failing to account for 20 million Shillings meant for the purchase of heifers to be distributed to farmers under the Operation Wealth Creation program. Mabonga was arrested last evening, on …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three out of the 16 heifers donated to Rukiga district youth leaders by President Yoweri Museveni have allegedly been sold by the beneficiaries. The heifers were donated in July 2018 under a drive to improve the livelihood of youth leaders in the district. The beneficiaries …