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Farmers in Acholi Stuck with Over 200 Metric Tons of Tobacco

More than 1,000 farmers in Acholi sub region are stuck with at least 200 metric tons of tobacco worth Shillings 1.4 billion. The farmers from Omoro, Lamwo, Gulu, Amuru, Nwoya and Pader districts were contracted by Alliance One Tobacco (Uganda) Limited to grow the cash crop. However, farmers say the company has gone silent. Several farmers who spoke to URN…

President Museveni Tasks MPs to Explain Slow Growth in Ibanda

4 years ago4 years ago Staff

Land fragmentation, degraded natural resources, lack of access to water and electricity, and a poor road Network have been listed as some of the reasons for the slow growth of Ibanda district in Southwestern Uganda. The district which borders Mbarara, Kiruhura, Buhweju and Kamwenge hosted this year’s National Resistance Movement-NRM liberation Day celebrations, commemorating the date in 1986 when the…