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EACOP victims struggle to rebuild livelihoods despite compensation

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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Government commissions Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula road works

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has committed to spend Shillings 691 billion for the reconstruction of Masaka-Kyotera to Mutukula road. The 89.5-kilometer road, which serves as the major trade route linking Uganda and Tanzania is currently in a sorry state owing to huge potholes that make it unmotorable, which …

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Poor disposal of anthrax carcasses worries farmers in Kyotera

Kyotera , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Livestock farmers in Kyotera district have expressed concern over the inappropriate disposal of carcasses after cattle succumb to anthrax. For close to two months now, Kyotera district has been battling a rare outbreak of anthrax, which compelled the authorities to declare a total …

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Leaders demand fresh boundary opening for Sango Bay sugar estates

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Kyotera district are calling for the opening of fresh boundaries on the former Sango-bay Sugar estates before the implementation of the National Oil Palm project in the area. They argue that the project implementers have crossed beyond the original boundaries of …

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EACOP: Kyotera PAPs petition Parliament over unfair compensation

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 100 people along the proposed route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP in Kyotera district have petitioned parliament protesting the compensation rates offered to them by the project implementers. The project-affected persons in Nabigasa sub county are aggrieved by what they describe as …

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