Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been banned by leaders of the only Ugandan tribe that carries out the practice, a month before the seasonal tribal ritual begins, press reports said on Thursday. Elected councillors representing the Sabiny tribe at their main district seat in Uganda’s eastern town of Kapchorwa have vowed to have anybody involved [...]
The Hunger Project Uganda has opened a rural bank in Eastern Uganda-Iganga to offer cheap credit facilties to rural farmers to increase food production in the region. Speaking during thje opening of the bank last week, Hunger Project Country Director Irene Muwanguzi said the bank would offer affordable agriculture loans to farmers and assist them [...]
A Ugandan trade fruit company has won an international green energy award for operating a pioneering sustainable energy project. The company based in Njeru, southern Uganda won more than 61 millions Uganda shillings awarded by the world’s leading energy prize during the award ceremony held in London recently. The Ashden award was presented to Angello [...]
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