Kitgum, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has launched the distribution of Robusta coffee seedlings worth 1.76 billion Shillings in Kitgum District, in a major push to scale up coffee production across Northern Uganda. Julius Twiine, the officer in charge of Mid-Northern Uganda at …
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Kitgum, Uganda | URN | Failure by farmers in Kitgum District to raise co-funding contributions is threatening their access to support under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP), district officials have warned. Barnabas Opiyo, the Kitgum district focal point officer for the project, said only three out of …
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Kitgum, Uganda | URN | Traders in Kitgum Municipality have turned to Prof. Ogenga Otunnu to intervene in an escalating dispute with municipal authorities over taxation, citing harassment, overcharging, and lack of consultation. Two weeks ago, some 300 members of the business community protested what they described as excessively high …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every morning, 78-year-old Justino Okello sits alone on a wooden stool outside his grass-thatched hut in Oryang Ojuma B, in Labongo Amida Sub-County, Kitgum district, watching passersby head for their various activities. Okello’s wife died 5 years ago, his four children, all girls, have …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty-five percent of fish farmers in Kitgum District have abandoned their fishponds in recent seasons, as the high cost of commercial fish feed and prolonged heat make aquaculture economically unviable. Alfred Omony, the Kitgum District Fisheries Officer, told Uganda Radio Network (URN) that the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has distributed 15,000 wilt-resistant coffee seedlings to more than 60 farmers. The seedlings are expected to be planted on 33 hectares of land, in a bid to revitalise the coffee industry in the region. According …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kitgum District have evicted 79 heads of cattle from Tepwoyo West village in Mucwini West Sub-county, Kitgum District. The livestock belonged to Paul Okot, a businessman in Kitgum Municipality, who claimed to have bought the animals from a herdman in Lakaranganya …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The Kitgum District Local Government has verified 217 farmer groups to benefit from the Uganda Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP)—a six-year government initiative under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and funded by the World Bank. The UCSATP, currently being implemented …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The headteacher and deputy headteacher of Kitgum Boys Primary School in Kitgum Municipality have been arrested for sending learners home over unpaid scholastic requirements. Hajj Marijan Walire, the Kitgum Deputy Resident District Commissioner, ordered the arrest of Agnes Aryemi Reggina, the headteacher, and Function …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District is set to benefit from a Shs1.3 billion climate adaptation project aimed at enhancing the resilience of communities to the impacts of climate change. The project, titled “Strengthening Community-Based Climate Adaptation,” is a collaboration between Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) Uganda and Reproductive …
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