Joshua Nahamya
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Cooperative Union sets up credit arm to support members
In December 2019, Masaka Co-operative Union formed a financial cooperative to boost coffee production capacity in the region. For the last 70 years, Masaka Co-op union has worked with primary societies involved…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara women receive training in meat processing
Women in Mbarara City have been equipped with skills in meat processing as part of efforts to encourage value addition to animal products in Western Uganda. According to Fred Kimbareba, the South…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara industrial park nears completion, locals tipped to utilize the modern facility
As Mbarara City and its neighboring districts warm up to receive a state-of-the-art industrial park, locals have been tipped to make the most of the soon-to-be-completed facility to improve their economic fortunes.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Elders appeal for entrepreneurship fund
The Chairperson of the National Council for Older Persons (NCOP), Joram Ruranga Tibasiimwa, has asked the government to establish a Livelihood Fund programme to enable elders start-up development projects. Tibasiimwa says that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Money, leadership squabbles threaten iconic Banyankore Kweterana Cooperative Union
Banyankore Kweterana Cooperative Union Ltd, a historic cooperative from Western Uganda, is on the verge of collapse due to leadership challenges and crippling debt. Once a leading coffee union in Uganda, Banyankore…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mushanga SACCO celebrates 50 years of growth
Mushanga Co-operative Savings and Credit Society Limited celebrated its Golden jubilee anniversary in a ‘scientific’ 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held over the weekend. According to its General Manager, Gorden Nankunda, the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lyamujungu Cooperative reinvests all dividends to settle outstanding loan
Members of Kabale-based Lyamujungu Co-operative Financial Services Ltd have resolved to reinvest all their dividends in order to absorb the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected many financial institutions in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bishop Stuart University, Cooperatives to collaborate on internship placement
Bishop Stuart University has put in place collaborations with more than 50 cooperatives where their students can go for hands-on internship practice and skills training. The revelation was made last week by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Thugs hit Mbarara cooperative, kill two guards
Police in Mbarara is investigating circumstances under which two security guards were killed on Sunday after unknown assailants attacked a local cooperative. According to Rwizi Region Police spokesperson, ASP Samson Kasasira, the…
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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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