Browsing by Author "Kahungu, Thembo Misairi"

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    Bundibugyo farmers consider abandoning cocoa growing.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-30) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    For a long time, coffee and cotton had been known as the most important cash crop in Uganda. These crops attracted foreign exchange to the country through exports. However, another crop that was being grown at a small scale was cocoa. The cash crop become attractive
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    Compensation claims stall Mukono-Katosi roadworks
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-10) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Completion of the 74km Mukono-Katosi-Nyenga road on schedule lies in balance due to unresolved compensation disputes. The roadworks were expected to be completed by mid-November this year but the prospect has faded after the contractor failed to compensate the affected persons.
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    District officials accused of defying court order
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-01) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Serere district local government has been accused of defying a lawful court order by expanding an existing road on contested land whose dispute is under suit in the court. The contested 200 acre piece of land is in kasilo village, Bugondo Sub-county.
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    Environmentalists worry as city buildings replace trees.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-08) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Whereas as storeyed buildings in the city are a symbol of development, the structures have replaced much of the open green vegetation. And with development, the city population increases and so do the vehicles, as many people flock the business centre to make ends meet.
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    Firms warn on delayed UNRA road contracts.
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-12) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Potential contractors are threatening to pull out of road construction works in Uganda over delayed contract awards for major projects. For more than a years now since the bidding process, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is yet to award contracts for the multi-billion construction projects for Busega-Mpigi expressway and the Masaka-Bukakata road.
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    Gold exporter sacks Kaijuka as board chairman.
    (Sunday Monitor, 2017-12-03) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi; Sabano, Jessica
    The African Gold Refinery (AGR) has dropped former Energy minister Richard Kaijuka as their board chairman, accusing him of abuse of authority and misuse of company assets, Sunday Monitor has learnt. Mr. Kaijuka was dismissed by the Entebbe base AGR board of
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    Government stuck with 415 acres of land for industries
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-07) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Government is still stuck with 415 acres of land meant for industrial development as investors are reluctant to invest upcountry.
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    How Kasese residents restored 3 wetlands
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-01) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Mr Johnson Musinzirwa has made it his main occupation to ensure the wetlands in Mahango Sub-county, Kasese District, are nit destroyed. He spends more time moving around the mountainous sub-county to inspect the wetlands then he spends on his gardens.
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    Kira residents reject plastics industry project
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-09) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    A section of residents of Bulindo cell, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District have rejected plans by Global Paints proprietor, Mr. Steven Kayiwa to set up a plastics industry in the area.
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    MP gives sub-county first health facility.
    (Sunday Monitor, 2017-12-31) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    For many years, residents of Bwesumbu sub-county in Kasese district have been walking long district to access medical services. Bwesumbu is a hard to reach area with a hilly terrain on the slopes of Mount Rwenzori. In Bughendero and Ibunda villages,
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    Museveni refuses to shield Kasaija on censure motion
    (Saturday Monitor, 2018-02-03) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Finance minister Matia Kasaija denies any wrongdoing, saying MPs have ill motives.
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    Nursery bed operations demand Shs 700m from UCDA.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-21) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Coffee nursery bed operators in Kesese district are demanding about Shs700m from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) that has not been paid to them for close to one year. The operators, under the Rwenzori Coffee Nursery Operators, Buyers and processor, prepare seedling that are supplied to farmers under the coffee
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    Parliament backs ministry on closing substandard schools.
    (Sunday Monitor, 2017-09-24) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    A parliamentary committee has backed the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) decision to close substandard private schools across the country. The backing is contained in a report presented to the House on Wednesday by the Parliament Committee on Education and Sports,
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    Phosphates mining in Tororo set to start
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-16) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited, a Chinese company licensed to mine phosphates in Sukulu hills in Tororo District, is set to start full-scale activities, Daily Monitor has learnt.
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    Revival of Uganda airlines will promote tourism, say officials.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-06) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    The revival of the Uganda Airlines will make the Uganda tourism sector more marketable to the rest of the world, the Uganda Tourism Association president, Mr. Boniface Byamuka, has said. Mr. Byamukama made the remarks yesterday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala
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    Single parents struggle to raise premature babies.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-17) Sabano, Jessica; Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    As the world commemorates the World Prematurity Day to day, many single parents say they are faced with a lot of challenges in raising their premature born babies. According to the World Health Organsition (WHO), a premature birth is one that takes place more than three weeks before the due date.
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    State House, MPs use Shs78 billion on travel.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-08) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    An intelligence report by Internal Security Organisation (ISO) on wasteful government spending in ministries, departments and agencies has singled out State House, Parliament and the army as the biggest spenders on travel and fuel.
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    Your government is wasteful, ISO tells Museveni.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-07) Kahungu, Thembo Misairi
    The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) has submitted to President Museveni a report on government's wasteful expenditure and recommended a merger or abolition of some state agencies. The intelligence agency compiled the report between July and November