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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The second edition of the much-anticipated annual Tusker Lite Mt Rwenzori Marathon is slated for Saturday, September 2, in the scenic town of Kasese. The announcement for this year’s marathon was made during a press conference held at Rozaho in Kololo, on May 24th …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Paul Mumbere has been installed as the 7th President of the Rwenzori Field Seventh Day Adventist Church. The Rwenzori field consists of Kasese, Kabarole, Bunyangabu, Bundibuggyo, and Ntoroko districts. In his address to hundreds of SDA faithful that gathered at Better Living Centre Church …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked religious leaders in the Rwenzori region to spearhead campaigns against poverty by mobilising Christians to embrace government development projects. Museveni believes that if religious leaders take on development leadership, it could improve lives of Christians as opposed to only preaching …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers in Rwenzori region want the government to exclude coffee from the enterprises to be catered for under the Parish Development Model-PDM program. They argue that PDM is meant to help elevate poor people out of poverty and it’s important to recognize that most …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers with stumped coffee trees in Rwenzori region will benefit from free organic fertilizers. Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA launched a campaign to stump out old coffee trees and rehabilitate abandoned coffee gardens across the country to help increase productivity. According to perfectdailygrind.com, stumping is …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Rwenzori region have been advised to plan ahead of time if they are to benefit from the Agriculture Credit Facility fund put in place by the government through Bank of Uganda. The fund was instituted to help farmers stimulate the agribusiness sector through …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ex-combatants in Rwenzori region want the government to support them to enroll on adult learning programs. They say that most of them are illiterate, which has affected their day-to-day implementation of government-supported economical activities. The groups put out the call in their meeting with officials …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a leading organization in wildlife conservation and endangered species has sanctioned an innovative, gender-sensitive nature-based solutions programme to reduce the impacts of climate change and poverty on communities. The resilient and green jobs project will be implemented in the troubled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwenzori Bottling Company Limited has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to recover 96 million shillings which it allegedly paid to the wrong landlord. Through AF Mpanga and Company Advocates, the company sued Green Africa Recycling Limited, a company which interchangeably calls itself Green Africa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rwenzori sub-region has urged mobile money agents to consider a number of safety measures to avoid being attacked by robbers who have at times killed them. During a press conference on Friday, the Rwenzori West police spokesperson Vincent Twesige explained that most of …