Ivan Rugambwa
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NIRA to Authenticate Customer Data on Behalf of Banks
Bank of Uganda has announced it is moving to ease customer identification for all banking institutions under its supervision by implementing a digital identification application that draws on data from the National…
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Development
Museveni Looks to Irrigation and Regional Market to Deliver Uganda’s Industrial Promise
President Museveni has identified agricultural Irrigation and regional integration as the two incentives that will propel the growth of Uganda’s industrial sector. Museveni, who was presiding over the launch of a book…
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Development
Cooperatives’ Registrar Warns Banks Against Irregular dealings with Under-fire UCA Staff
The Registrar of cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has warned commercial banks in which Uganda Cooperative Alliance(UCA) has accounts, to take extra effort to authenticate any documents pertaining…
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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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Uganda lacks a coherent agro-industrialization policy – EPRC’s Guloba
Piecemeal interventions and poor coordination among institutional actors in the Agriculture sector have been blamed for the lack of a robust agro-industrialization policy to achieve Uganda’s development targets. Speaking at the 9th…
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Police investigates Uganda Cooperative Alliance Boss over forgery, abuse of office
Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Cooperative Alliance’s (UCA) general secretary, Ivan Asiimwe, has been placed under investigation for alleged abuse of office including forgery and uttering of false documents. Asiimwe, who is the topmost official…
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2019/20 budget: What is in it for Farmers, Traders and Cooperatives?
KAMPALA, Uganda: The Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development Hon. Matia Kasaijja yesterday presented the Government of Uganda’s Income and Expenditure estimates for the financial year the 2019/20, with works, Security,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MPs back revival of Cooperatives, reject term-limits on Leadership
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A sparsely attended parliament this afternoon agreed to pass the Cooperative Societies Amendment Bill (2016) for second reading, welcoming the move by government to revive cooperative societies and calling for…
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Agriculture
Have Ugandan Pepper Exports been banned from the EU Market?
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Pepper exports to the European Union (EU) could be suspended due to failure to comply with the EU’s phytosanitary requirements, theCooperator has learnt. In a letter dated March 20th…
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Cooperatives & Communities
10 Months later, Abiriga SACCO Yet to receive Shs.50 million Presidential Pledge
While addressing mourners at the burial of slain Arua municipality Member of Parliament (MP) Ibrahim Abiriga on the 11th of June 2019 at Rhino camp sub county in Arua District, President Yoweri…
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