Browsing by Author "Mugerwa, Francis"

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    Buliisa mourns boat accident victims as families pick bodies.
    (Daily monitor, 2016-12-28) Mugerwa, Francis
    Bullisa District was engulfed in grief yesterday as families picked bodies of the nine people who perished in a boat accident on Lake Albert on Christmas day.
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    Cash fight leaves bitter taste for cane growers.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-05) Mugerwa, Francis
    Kinyara Sugar Ltd has increased the price of buying sugarcane from farmers although majority have protested the new fee, saying it should be increased further. Kinyara sugar Ltd has for several weeks been in negotiations with the Board of Directors of Masindi Sugarcane Growers Associations Ltd, (MSGAL),
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    Doctors' strike:
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-08) Ainebyoona, Emmanuel; Namagembe, Lilian; Kisekka, Christopher; Ssenkabirwa, Al-mahdi; Ssekandi, Paul; Muron, George; Mugerwa, Francis; Muhereza, Robert; Atuhaire, Scovia; Makumbi, Cissy
    As the doctors' strike enters its second day countrywide, one death has been registered at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital after the patient failed to get assistance upon arrival at the facility as a result of the industrial action.
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    Govt priority in new term is fighting poverty – Museveni.
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-29) Mugerwa, Francis
    President Museveni has said he will shift government focus from roads and prioritise the fight against poverty at household level in his new five-year term. Speaking as chief guest at the consecration of the Rt Rev Vincent Kirabo Amooti as the new bishop of Hoima Diocese yesterday, President Museveni said his government will put more focus on efforts geared towards wealth creation in homes.
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    How oil infrastructure will transform Bunyoro.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-30) Mugerwa, Francis
    Since commercial viable oil deposits were discovered on the shores of Lake Albert in mid-western Uganda, multi-billion dollar infrastructural projects have sprung up in Bunyoro sub-region. The oil-related projects have given mixed fortunes to the people in the area.
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    Kiryandongo bus crash death toll rises to 23.
    (daily monitor, 2018-05-27) Oketch, Bill; Mugerwa, Francis
    Tragic. The ill-fated bus rammed into a tractor and lost control before it was also rammed into by a trailer.
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    Miners struggling to move on after eviction from Mubende gold mines
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-16) Mugerwa, Francis
    Thousands of artisanal miners who have for years been engaged in gold mining business in Mubende were last month evicted by the security forces and as Francis Mugerwa reports desperation has set in as dreams are crushed.
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    Museveni orders miners to vacate
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-25) Mugerwa, Francis
    President Museveni has directed artisanal miners in Mubende District to vacate areas, which the government licensed to investors
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    Oil advocacy NGOs decry restrictions.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-04-24) Mugerwa, Francis
    Civil society organization(CSOs) involved in oil and gas advocacy in the bertine grabben have decried the increasing restrictions allegedly imposed on them by the state.
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    Oil exploration brings mixed fortunes in Bunyoro.
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-04-05) Mugerwa, Francis
    The discovery of commercially viable oil deposits in the Albertine basin in western Uganda excited many Ugandans.
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    UPDF evict, beat Hoima residents, grab land.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-04) Mugerwa, Francis; Kasozi, Ephraim
    Uganda people's defence forces(UPDF) soldiers have been accused of participating in violent displacement of residents and land grabbing in the oil-rich region.
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    Women seek agricultural financing.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-04) Mugerwa, Francis
    Women leaders in the oil rich Bunyoro region have petitioned government to offer them affirmative action in the agriculture sector. Despite women having a core role of cultivating crops, most government interventions in the agriculture sector benefits men more than the women,