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Item Councillors block motion to appoint new land board.(daily monitor, 2017-08-28) Kisekka, ChristopherMasaka. Masaka district councilor have rejected the appointment of new land board. The district chairperson, Mr. Jude Mbabaali and some of his executive members found a hard time last week as councilors opposed their move to appoint a new district land board.Item 7 held over elephant tusks(daily monitor, 2017-04-24) Makumbi, CissyLamwo. officials from the office of prime minister have expressed disappointment after residents withdrew land they offered for reset using refugees from south sudan.Item Kitgum official, CAO lock horns over district land title.(daily monitor, 2017-08-23) Komakech, Dan. MichealKitgum. Kitgum district's senior land officer Mathew Otto is holding on to a land title the district needs to pave way for the construction of market in Orom sub-county.Item Gold mining: Artisan shum borax for mercury's gains(New Vision, 2017-08-31) Kayiwa, EdwardJustine Nantumbwe kneels under a tent at the foot of Kayonza hills in Mubende district trying to seperate gold from the mud with drops of mercury using two plastic basins.Item Uganda can extract golden tips from Rwandan mines(New Vision, 2017-07-06) Odyek, JohnWhereas the Ugandan artisanal miners rely on rudementary, risky methods to get the precious metals, in Rwanda the sector has long been formalised. Uganda's artisan miners do not have much going for them. They live in deplorable conditions and are at the bottom of the food chain as middlemen and mineral exporters enjoy the profit.Item Houses pop up at Nakawa-Naguru estates.(Sunday Vision, 2017-07-23) Kiwawulo, ChrisShock has gripped ex-tenants of Nakawa-Naguru estates after it emerged that the land that had been awarded to UK company, Opet Prime properties for redevelopment into satallitc town has been grabbed by mafias.Item Suspected Karimojong attack Katakwi farmers(New Vision, 2018-04-05) Alomu, EmmanuelSuspected Karimojong from Napak district on Monday attacked and injured about nine people in Amuturunyo village, Obwobwo parish, Ongongoja sub-county in Katakwi district. An LC3 chairperson is said to have been the ringleader in the attacks sparked off by a disagreement over land boundaries.Item Shs3.5b needed for research on fish(New Vision, 2018-04-09) Natambi, AgnesThe National Agriculture Fisheries Research Institute (NaFIRRI) requires an annual budget of about sh3.5b to adequately research on fish in Ugandan waters.Item Katureebe, neighbour clash over access road(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-07) Wesaka, AnthonyA retired banker claims his attempts to repossess part of his prime land turned into an access road to the chief Justice's official residence have been futile.Item Bishop promotes fish farming(Daily Monitor, 2018-03-10) Okello, Warom FelixArua diocese has turned to promoting fish farming in an effort to put an end to malnutrition in families.Item Government moves to boost fish stock in face of extinction(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-09) Okello, Warom FelixNARO has started training and helping farmers to establish fish farms.Item Buvuma fish farmers blame OWC for losses(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Ssebwami, DennisComplaint. They say the fingerlings supplied are not growing despite feeding them.