Month: August 2020
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Aug- 2020 -31 August
Lack of access road delays works on proposed Okuti border market
Construction of the multi-billion Okuti International border market in Kitgum district has failed to take off due to lack of an access road to the area. Okuti is one of six markets…
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26 AugustCooperatives & Communities
Pakwach cooperative struggles to recover from COVID-19-induced slump
Members of Panyimur Dei Area Cooperative Enterprise (PD-ACE) are struggling to survive amidst low productivity and savings from members as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. . The 1400-member cooperative, which primarily…
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26 AugustCooperatives & Communities
Kashari traders beg government to re-open cattle markets
Traders in Kyenshama Trading Centre in Kashari North Constituency have requested government to think about reopening of cattle markets. Kyenshama cattle market, which previously operated every Friday, was officially closed on March…
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25 AugustCooperatives & Communities
Soroti fruit factory recovering from 87% drop in sales due to COVID-19
The management of Soroti fruit factory is struggling to recover from losses resulting from the COVID-19-related lockdown. According to Douglas Kakyukyu Ndawula the factory’s Executive Director, the company registered an 87% drop…
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25 August
Join cooperatives to save your business, produce buyers advised
Produce buyers in Acholi sub region have been advised to join cooperatives if they are to remain in business. The advice was given by Nwoya District Commercial Officer Kenneth Kitara, after receiving…
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24 AugustCooperatives & Communities
New tea growing initiative launched in Gulu
Edwin Foundation Tea Initiative, in partnership with the Gulu district local government, has launched tea growing in Gulu district. Speaking at the launch of tea growing at Lugore Prison Farm over the…
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24 AugustCooperatives & Communities
KCCA threatens to close 58 arcades over non-compliance to COVID-19 measures
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has threatened to close more than 50 arcades within the city centre over persistent non-compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) set by government as a pre-condition for…
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21 AugustCooperatives & Communities
Heavy rains ravage Rwampara, farmers advised to plant trees
Residents of 7 villages in Rwampara district have called for emergency relief after heavy rain washed away gardens of crops in the area. Steven Tuhumure, the LC II chairperson Nyarundagazi parish explained…
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21 August
Costly seed and feed strain fish farming in Acoli
More than 900 fish farmers in Acoli subregion are struggling to stock their ponds with fish fingerlings (fish seed), due to absence of a hatchery in the area. The fish farmers found…
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20 AugustCooperatives & Communities
Teacher arrested for impersonating cooperatives’ officials
Police in Mbarara yesterday morning arrested a secondary school teacher for allegedly ripping off a number of cooperatives around Mbarara City. Julius Twinomugisha, a teacher at St. Victor Secondary School in Buhweju…
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