Year: 2024
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May- 2024 -19 MayNews
Tooro leaders empowered with nutrition governance skills
FORT PORTAL, May 19, 2024 – With support from Iles De Paix, a Belgian non-governmental organisation, Kabarole Research and Resource Centre [KRC], in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government [MoLG] has…
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18 MayNews
New Acholi PM urges chiefs to join cooperatives
GULU, May 18, 2024 – The newly installed Prime Minister [PM] of Acholi Cultural Institution has asked chiefs to support the development and strengthening of local cooperatives, saying the democratically-controlled enterprises are…
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18 MayNews
Fugitive Cooperative Manager arrested in Qatar
GANESH BISU BANKE, May 18, 2024 – Ganesh Sijapati, 38, the manager of Namaste Savings and Credit Cooperative Society, accused in a cooperative fraud case, was recently apprehended in Qatar and extradited…
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18 MayNews
Spiro agrees to US$50mln debt facility with Afreximbank to accelerate expansion
KIGALI, May 18, 2024 – Spiro, the largest electric vehicle company in Africa, is pleased to announce it has signed heads of terms for a US$ 50 million debt facility with the…
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17 MayNews
House passes Shs72.136trn budget for FY 2024/2025
KAMPALA, May 17, 2024 – Parliament has passed the national budget for the financial year 2024/2025, approving a total expenditure of Shs 72.136 trillion following the passing of the Appropriations Bill 2024…
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17 MayNews
Zimbabwe goes for Brazilian maize amid drought
HARARE, May 17, 2024 – The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe [GMAZ] has embarked on a crucial mission to Brazil to source maize grain in response to a catastrophic drought that has…
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17 MayNews
MultiChoice Africa and ICT ministry conclude MoU to strengthen collaboration
KAMPALA, May 17, 2024 – MultiChoice Africa Holdings B.V [MAH] and the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance for Uganda have announced a new cooperation agreement in the form of a Memorandum…
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17 MayNews
MPs approve Shs 152bln for Hoima City stadium construction
KAMPALA, May 17, 2024 – Construction of Hoima City stadium is expected to start after Parliament approved the required Shs 152 billion which is part of the Shs 288.6bln supplementary budget. The…
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16 MayNews
MPs order closure of Hoima City abattoir
HOIMA CITY, May 16, 2024 – Members of Parliament [MPs] have called for the immediate closure of the abattoir in Hoima City over unhygienic conditions which they say pose health hazards to…
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16 MayNews
Zimbabwe’s First Capital Bank gets US$ 15mln loan to support local SMEs
ABIDJAN, May 16, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$ 15 million trade finance package for First Capital Bank [FCB] in Zimbabwe to…
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