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Daily Monitor
Wednesday May 19 2021
Farmers take notes as they learn new skills in fish farming. In Kanungu, however, Mr Gad Ahimbisibwe Rugaju, the district deputy Resident Commissioner, said the fish project has been left to go to waste yet its objective was to transform the livelihood of youth in Kanungu. PHOTO | FILE
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A Shs850m fish farming project, which was meant to improve the livelihood of youth in Kanungu District, has been abandoned by those responsible for it, Daily Monitor has established.
The project was proposed by Kanungu Youth Development Association (KAYODEA) in 2017, in a bid to fight unemployment among the youth in the district.
Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
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Sugar Factory within the first year of operation, authorities have revealed.
The construction of the factory comes after Bugiri District Local Government secured 60 acres of land in Bugubo Village, Kapyanga Sub-county.
Mr Yash Patel, the managing director, earlier said construction is expected to end in December, adding that
they would crush 3,500 tonnes of canes per day and produce 4,800 bags of sugar daily.
Mr Rogers Bagaga, the Kapyanga Subcounty vice chairperson, at the weekend said the factory has come with a number of benefits.
“The factory hasn’t yet started crushing cane but a number of youth in Bugiri and immediate surroundingdistricts are already being employed. This is an initiative which is going to off er employment to our idle youth,” he said.
Daily Monitor
Sunday May 16 2021
A 44-year-old Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu, the suspected child trafficker was arrested in Amuru District on Saturday. Photo | UPF
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The arrest follows a video clip that has gone viral on social medial in which he openly admitted to a BBC reporter that he has been illegally trafficking children from Uganda overseas for over 20 years for 10,000 Pounds, an equivalent of Shs49 million.
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Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country.
The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested on Saturday from his hideout home at Lorikwo West Cell, Elegu Town Council at the Uganda-South Sudan border during a joint intelligence-led operation by security personnel.
Daily Monitor
Saturday May 15 2021
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In 2019, the government constructed an abattoir for Njeru municipality at a cost of Shs65m, which was allegedly done without consulting the butchers as the principal beneficiaries, who would later allege that it was poorly constructed.
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Meat sellers in Buikwe District have defied orders by the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) to quit a 20-year-old slaughter house for a new one government built at Shs65m.
Mr Abubaker Kakaire, the officer in-charge of cattle slaughtering, told Saturday Monitor yesterday that Njeru Municipal Council authorities are to be blamed for the butchers shunning the government facility for two years now.