Month: July 2019

Registration of coffee farmers is a duplication – Cooperators

Coffee cooperatives have rejected the proposed move by the Government to have the Uganda Coffee Development Authority(UCDA) register all coffee farmers, saying the move is a duplication of already existing regulations governing…

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Police investigates Uganda Cooperative Alliance Boss over forgery, abuse of office

Kampala, Uganda:  The Uganda Cooperative Alliance’s (UCA) general secretary, Ivan Asiimwe, has been placed under investigation for alleged abuse of office including forgery and uttering of false documents. Asiimwe, who is the topmost official…

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Katuna women traders appeal to the EAC over Uganda-Rwanda border standoff

KAMPALA, Uganda: Women business cooperators along the Uganda- Rwanda border have called upon the East African Community to intervene in the Uganda-Rwanda diplomatic stalemate with a view of re-opening Uganda’s common border…

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Uganda to host the 3rd China-Africa Industrial Cooperation Expo.

Kampala, Uganda:  Uganda will next week host the 3rd China-Africa Expo next week, the Uganda Investment Authority has announced. According to a joint communique released by the China Council for the Promotion…

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Kikooba United Cooperative tipped on skills development, value addition.

Kiryadongo, Uganda: Over 80 cooperators from Kiryadongo district have been tipped on skills development and value addition, as a way of creating and generating wealth. The training, mainly of members from the…

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Uganda Readies to tap into Continental Free Trade Area Promise

KAMPALA, Uganda: Cooperatives dealing in coffee exports and other agricultural commodities are set to reap big from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that was officially commissioned on Monday. AfCTA –…

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Government reaffirms commitment to supporting Cooperatives

WAKISO, Uganda: Government is committed to ensuring that Cooperatives are revamped to its former glory, President Yoweri Museveni has reaffirmed. In a speech read on his behalf by the 3rd Deputy Prime…

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Save for a comfortable retirement, Cooperatives urged.

KAMPALA, Uganda: Cooperators have been urged to embrace the culture of saving if they’re to lead better lives in retirement. The call was made during the Cooperative Symposium held at the Silver…

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Save for a comfortable retirement, Cooperators urged.

KAMPALA, Uganda: Cooperators have been urged to embrace the culture of saving if they’re to lead better lives in retirement. The call was made during the Cooperative Symposium held at the Silver…

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Cooperatives urged to plant more trees.

  State Minister for Cooperatives, Frederick Gume, has called upon members of the cooperative movement to sustain the example of planting trees, noting that they(trees) not only preserve the environment but can…

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