Month: September 2020
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Sep- 2020 -30 September
Not worth it: Why Bukedi’s love for cotton is on the wane
For years, Bukedi sub-region was best known as one of the leading cotton growing regions in Uganda; not any more. Over the past two decades cotton production in the region has declined…
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30 September
Butuuro SACCO holds ‘scientific’ AGM, members reinvest 50% dividends to recover from COVID-19 slump
Members of Butuuro People’s SACCO, Bushenyi Municipality, have agreed to use part of their dividends to buy shares from their SACCO in a bid to refinance it as it struggles to recover…
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28 SeptemberCooperatives & Communities
300 Nwoya farmers targeted for irrigation project
At least 300 small-scale farmers in Nwoya district are set to benefit from a micro-scale irrigation program introduced by the government to skill farmers in the district. The project, which is being…
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28 SeptemberDevelopment
Many SACCOs face collapse in 2021- Expert
2021 is likely to see the collapse of many Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs), Leonard Okello, Executive Director of the Uhuru Institute, has predicted. The institute is a leading provider of…
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24 SeptemberCooperatives & Communities
Wawoto Kacel Cooperative empowering vulnerable women through arts and crafts
Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society in Gulu City is helping hundreds of vulnerable women who lack access to land to regain their dignity through arts and crafts. The beneficiaries, who include former abductees…
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23 SeptemberCooperatives & Communities
Birunga Dairy, farmers feud over Shs 670m
A row has erupted between Birunga Dairy and more than 500 farmers in Ntungamo district over Shs 670m in unpaid dues. The farmers who hail from Rushenyi County in Ntungamo district have…
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23 SeptemberNews
Moroto traders decry delay in completion of main market
Moroto Municipality Market vendors have expressed disappointment over the delayed completion of the main market. Moroto market is being constructed under the government’s Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Program (MATIP), with funding…
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21 SeptemberDevelopment
Soroti fruits factory set to resume buying fruits
Fruits farmers in Teso and Acholi regions have reason to smile following an announcement by the Soroti fruit factory that it will resume buying fruits from the farmers as the economy begins…
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21 SeptemberCooperatives & Communities
Help us protect our vanilla, ex-rebels ask government
A group of former Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels who denounced rebellion and were reunited to their families in Kitholhu sub-county Kasese district have demanded for protection as government provides them with…
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18 SeptemberCooperatives & Communities
Fort Portal matooke traders protest high taxes
Matooke traders in Fort Portal have protested a Shs 500 tax that is levied off each bunch of matooke, saying it eats into their profits. The Chairperson, Kitumba matooke market, Amos Gava…
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