Month: October 2019
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Oct- 2019 -30 OctoberNews
Court Halts suspension of UCA Bosses amid On-going Probe
The High Court has issued an interim injunction staying the implementation of an order asking embattled Uganda Cooperative Alliance General Secretary Ivan Asiimwe and Board Chairperson Johnas Tweyambe to stay out of…
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29 OctoberDevelopment
Financial Mismanagement Threatens to ruin Apac Teachers’ SACCO
APAC. Members of Apac Teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization are bemoaning the looming collapse of their SACCO due to what they called the mismanagement of the SACCO’s funds by its leaders. The…
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28 OctoberNews
UCA’s Asiimwe defies Directive to Step Aside, Breaks into Office
Head of Security Services at Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA), Haruna Ssesera has today confirmed the break-in at UCA’s head offices on Nkurumah road by its embattled General Secretary, Mr. Ivan Asiimwe. Mr.…
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26 OctoberNews
Uganda Cooperative Alliance Bosses Asked to Step Aside Amid Investigations for Abuse of Office
Uganda Cooperative Alliance(UCA) Board Chairperson Johnas Tweyambe and General Secretary Ivan Asiimwe have been asked to step aside from their respective positions amidst ongoing investigations into allegations of fraud, financial impropriety and…
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23 OctoberCooperatives & Communities
SACCOs Moot Members’ Reverification to Combat Multiple Borrowing
Managers of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) in Sembabule district are calling for strict enforcement of governing regulations to combat multiple memberships in the districts’ SACCOs, saying it is stifling the…
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22 OctoberNews
Stronger Regulations Needed for Mushrooming SACCOs -Mbale Mayor
MBALE: Mbale Mayor Hajji Zandya Mutwalib Mafabi has called upon the Government to ensure stronger regulations to guide the formation and operations of hundreds of Savings and Credit cooperative societies(SACCOs) springing up…
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21 OctoberDevelopment
What is the place of Uganda’s farmer in the value chain power relations?
The National Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh has on several occasions asked a poignant question – Where is the farmer in in the value chain power…
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21 OctoberCooperatives & Communities
Government to Support the Recovery of North Bukedi Cooperative Union
BUDAKA: The ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has embarked on a program to revive the collapsing North Bukedi Cooperative Union [NBCU] by actively reviving all the dead primary societies which were…
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21 October
Banyankole Kweterana Coop Boss Dismissed from Office
Mbarara – Members of Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union have dismissed their chairperson, Geoffrey Baingana, over abuse of his position and allegations of stifling the growth of the cooperative. Baingana was also accused…
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18 OctoberCooperatives & Communities
Global cooperative movement meets in Kigali to discuss development
Participants from 95 countries from around the world have gathered in Kigali for the international cooperative conference that is discussing how to advance socio-economic development through the cooperative movement. Over 1,000 participants…
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