Month: August 2019

Government Launches Call Center to Report Fake Agro-input Dealers

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries have launched a toll-free call centre for farmers to report suppliers selling or distributing fake agricultural inputs on the market. Agriculture Minister Vincent Bamulangaki…

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Makerere Staff Leaders Removed from University Webmail

Makerere, Kampala: The leaders of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) and Makerere Administrative Staff Association (MASA) have challenged the Vice-Chancellor (VC) to explain the circumstances under which they were suspended from…

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Trade Minister on the Spot Over Sugarcane Farmers Arrested in Kenya

Kampala, Uganda. Parliament on Tuesday tasked government to explain the continuous arrest and mistreatment of Ugandan farmers trying to sell their sugar cane in Kenya. The House also questioned if the government…

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NARO Moots Anti-Tick Vaccine

Kampala, Uganda: The National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) is in advanced stages of producing an anti-tick vaccine, theCooperator has learned. Speaking at a policy dialogue organized by NARO and The Uganda We…

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West Nile Growers Cooperative Union stuck with Shs.6b worth of tobacco

Arua, Uganda: West Nile Growers Cooperative Union in Arua is struggling to sell off over 6,000 metric tons of tobacco harvested this season, thecooperator has established. The Dilemma follows the Union’s decision…

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Minister Gume intervenes in Masaba Cooperative Union Woes

State Minister for Cooperatives Frederick Ngobi Gume last week rushed to Bugisu sub-region, to resolve enduring woes among members of the Masaba Cooperative Union(MCU). Since the beginning of this year, a section…

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Women Cooperators Appeal for Funding to Boost Cross-Border Trade

Mutukula, Uganda: Women entrepreneurs trading between Uganda and Tanzania have appealed to the government to set up a special credit facility for cooperators engaged in cross border trade. The traders made the…

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Uganda Cooperative Alliance board summoned in ongoing probe.

In an effort to get to the root of the fraud and forgery allegations levelled against Uganda Cooperative Alliance(UCA) General Secretary, Ivan Asiimwe, Police has summoned the Board to report to its…

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Court to pass Judgment on Uganda Cooperative Transport Union

Kampala, Uganda: High Court sitting in Kampala on Friday finally set a date for passing verdict over the case between the Uganda Transport Cooperative Union (UTCU) and its thirteen former employees after…

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How shear butter agro-processing is changing lives of Pader Women

Pader, Uganda: In 2002, as the LRA insurgency raged on in Northern Uganda, 6 women decided to come together to form a self-help group, as a way of coping with the dire…

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