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Latest published reporting connected to Sheema in Uganda’s Western region.

Kateshumbwa Challenges Kenyan Transit Charge on Ugandan Exports

Sheema Municipality MP Dicksons Kateshumbwa says a proposed Kenyan plant-health inspection fee on agricultural goods transiting through the country could raise Uganda’s export costs and breach East African Community trade rules.

Nile Post · 28 Oct 2026

President Museveni urges Sheema farmers to embrace irrigation, commercial agriculture to fight poverty

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged farmers in Sheema District to embrace irrigation, pasture growing, fertiliser use and commercial agriculture to boost productivity, protect their livelihoods against drought and lift households out of poverty. President Museveni made the remarks today while officiating at a thanksgiving ceremony for Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu at Bugongi Town Council Playground […] The post Presid

Watchdog Uganda · 24 Oct 2026

Stakeholders push for national health insurance scheme

Stakeholders have called for more investment to improve access to health care services especially in hard-to-reach areas. This as they renewed calls for the National Health Insurance Scheme. They made remarks during a medical camp in Sheema District organised…

Ntv.co.ug · 6 Sept 2026