Cissy Makumbi
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Northern
Handouts cripple refugees’ SACCO in Lamwo
LAMWO – The continuous giving out of hand-outs has crippled the activities of Paluda Farmers’ SACCO whose members are South Sudanese refugees. The refugees living in Lamwo district decided to form their…
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Northern
GBV crippling poverty eradication efforts in Acholi
LAMWO – Despite the existence of numerous poverty eradication programmes by both government and non-government actors, gender-based violence [ GBV ] has remained a threat to generation of household income in Acholi…
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Cooperatives & Communities
AMURU: Women’s cooperative gets over Shs 300mln rice huller
AMURU– Members of Elegu Women Cross Border Traders’ Cooperative in Amuru district now expects to earn more income following the installation of the rice huller worth Shs 333 million. A rice huller or rice husker is…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Paa-Apira SACCO transforming livelihoods of members in Northern Uganda
GULU – Farmers in Acholi Sub-region are busy planting maize, rice, sorghum, sim-sim, cassava as the first planting season of the year continues. Notable among the busy farmers are the members of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Retired civil servants appeal for farm inputs as rains set in
AGAGO – Retired civil servants under the umbrella of Lamiyo Cooperative Society have requested government to give them seeds as the rains for the first planting season of the year set in.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya farmers shun ACDP stores
NWOYA– Four multi-million farmers’ storage facilities in Purongo, Anaka, Alero, and Kochgoma sub-counties in Nwoya district are underutilised as farmers keep their produce in homes, theCooperator has learnt. The storage facilities were…
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News
Acholi entrepreneurs trained in finance and business management
GULU– Owners of small and medium enterprises [SMEs] in Acholi Sub-region have undergone training in finance and business management, which the trainers said are important for the sustainability of businesses. The two-day…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bad weather leaves members of Paimol Cooperative Society upset
AGAGO – Members of Paimol Cooperative Society in Agago district have had a setback in their agricultural production, having been affected by the harsh weather last year. They said the late rains…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya cooperatives have scanty books of account
NWOYA– The majority of the cooperatives in Nwoya district lack proper audited books of account, something that has limited them to access loans from commercial banks and other financial institutions, district officials…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Politicians on the spot over soliciting money from cooperatives
PADER-Local politicians in Pader district have been accused of asking cooperatives to give them money whenever they are invited to attend meetings meant to help cooperatives to prosper. According to Robert Okumu,…
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