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By Felix Tumwesigye Kabale Authorities in Kabale Municipality have closed offices of power distributors UMEME over failure to pay property tax. Alex Beigana,the Principal Assistant Town Clerk in Charge of the Central Division, together with law enforcement officers stormed the UMEME offices in Kabale and put them office under key and lock over failure to […]
By Uganda Media Centre Nairobi , Kenya President Yoweri Museveni has urged countries under COMESA to tackle under-production and under-consumption to spur economic transformation. “Africa is so rich and yet so poor. There are a number of bottlenecks that we need to deal with including market integration, infrastructure such as roads and electricity and other […]
By Felix Tumwesigye Ntungamo Authorities in Ntungamo district have called on hoteliers in the area to ensure maximum hygiene if they are to achieve effective service delivery. The call was made by Ntungamo district health educator Japeth Nyete during the Hotel and Restaurant Managers training held at Ntungamo district council hall in Ntungamo district. Nyete […]
By our reporter Kabale Electricity power regulator, Umeme is calling on leaders in Kigezi region to join hands with it in regulating power theft. According to David Birungi, the manager, stakeholder relations at Umeme, if leaders at all levels embraced the proper usage of electricity in their areas, the company would efficiently and effectively […]
By APN Agencies Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has acquired it inaugural US$300 million facility from Export-Import Bank of China Africa Finance Corporation the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa announces its successful acquisition of a loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of China (“CEXIM”) of a US$200m 5-year loan and a US$100m 5-year stand-by […]
By our reporter Kigezi A number of roads leading to Bwindi and Mgahinga National parks in Rubanda and Kisoro districts are in a bad shape following heavy rains that hit the area on Tuesday night. The affected roads include Muko-Rushaga road, Kisoro-Rubuguri road and the Kisoro-Mgahinga road. According to tour operators in the region, the […]
By NDLG Communications office Ntungamo At least 28 fish farmers in Ntungamo district have received 73200 sex reversed fish fries and 4699 kilograms of starter feeds from NAADS in a move aimed at restocking old fish ponds and new ponds with new flies that mature faster and produce better returns. The Ntungamo district fisheries officer […]
By our reporter Kabale Authorities in Kabale municipality in conjunction with Entusi Resort and Retreat Center, have embarked on a campaign aimed at collecting plastic garbage materials in a bid to improve sanitation in the area. This campaign will see authorities collecting all plastic garbage materials which will be sold to Century Bottling Company. According […]
By Our reporter Kabale Dr. Samuel Mugasi, Executive Director, National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has warned tea nursery bed operators in Kigezi region against faking claims of tea supplies to the secretariat. Mugasi is in the region to supervise the ongoing verification of the operation of the tea sector. Tea Nursery bed operators in the […]
By APN Reporter Kampala Kampala -the police at Nagalama Police has in custody four men for faking MTN airtime recharge cards. The four have been identified as Benin Biraaro, Robinson Muheki, Simon Bwambale and Isaac Akankwatsa. Police has been trailing the suspects for over seven months before being apprehended. This follows a number of cases […]
