Agribusiness owners shall use either contracts, or their harvest as security with pilot project already kicked off in lira district.Equity bank aims to provide an innovative banking solution for alternative collateral finance. Structural commodity financing...
A 29-year-old man in Kwania district has taken his own life by hanging after his father-in-law repossessed his daughter over failure to pay bride price. Tony Awany, a resident of Emeng village in Apolika parish...
Two people have been arrested in Lamwo district, northern Uganda on allegations of torturing and causing severe bodily injuries on a suspected cattle thief.David Kasasira alias Kanyankole, who is the owner of the bull and...
Residents of Okile sub county in Kaberamaido district are searching for the body of a 14-year- old boy they suspect to be a victim of a crocodile attack. The teenager only identified as Okello disappeared...
Bukedea Woman MP, Ms Anita Among was this week elected Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament with overwhelming majority after beating her two male contenders; Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko (Independent) and Mawokota South MP...
Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Commander Dominic Ongwen has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen faced 70 charges linked to a reign of terror in the...
Perry Engineering, a manufacturer of grain drying, cleaning, storage, and handling equipment, has been supporting small-scale and large-scale agriculture businesses across the country. With offices in South Africa and Egypt as well as Kampala, Perry...
Troubled Aruu County MP Odonga Otto has been remanded to Gulu Prison after he pleaded not guilty to assault and malicious damage charges. The outspoken MP was on Friday charged with two counts of malicious...
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has criticized opposition defections to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party describing it as useless and meaningless. Oulanyah, who defected from UPC to NRM in 2006, said...
Rtd Gen. Henry Tumukunde has praised the health minister Jane Ruth Aceng and promised to retain her in his government incase he wins the 2021 general election. Tumukunde says that Dr. Aceng is one of...
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