Addressing journalists at the government owned media center on Wednesday, the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Minister, Ameria Kyambadde, said proprietors of the affected arcades blocked the task force from accessing their buildings for inspection.
The advertisement running on the website, totaluganda.com, says that for just 7,000 Shillings, one can receive a 6-kilogram cylinder while at just 8,000, one is promised a 13-kilogram cylinder. It is not clear if there are any Ugandans that have already been conned as a result of this advertisement.
The sugar project targets to benefit 1,946 members of Atiak Sugar Plantation Out-growers’ Society Ltd and 2,500 members for Gem Pacilo Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Gulu and Amuru Districts.
Nicholas Ojom, aged 87-year-old, a resident of Aromo Sub County says that he uses a Boda Boda to access payment at a cost of 25,000 million shillings, the exact amount he receives.
The Cape Town-headquartered clothes retailer has also cut prices for bags and underwear by half. Described as ‘manager’s special’ on the posters outside the stores, an employee told us this is a clear-out of the stock before the company exits the market later this year.
Zaina Mugaidi, one of the clients in the salon says that whereas she likes keeping her head neat and clean by plaiting her hair, she’s scared of corona virus infection because of there is no social distancing in the salons. She also observed that none of the salonist was wearing a face mask as required.
Michael Lakony, the LCV Chairperson, says that out of the 401 kilometres of roads they have, they have managed to maintain 47 kilometers leaving 354 kilometres in a poor state.
The district had identified four locations that include Paicho, Ajulu, Cwero and Awach Sub-Counties, to host the District headquarters following the elevation of Gulu Municipal Council to a City.
