Joshua Nahamya
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rukiga, Sheema, Bushenyi ban selling pork and pig movements over African Swine Fever
WESTERN UGANDA – Veterinary authorities in three districts of Western Uganda have put a temporary ban on selling pork products and pig movements over a reported outbreak of African Swine Fever in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda gains new access to Zambia’s dairy market
UGANDA – Uganda has gained new access to Zambia’s dairy market despite a long-standing impasse with Kenya on ban on the export of powdered milk. While unavailing the new market, Pearl Dairy…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Prime Minister Nabanja accuses Minister Onek of indiscipline.
KAMPALA – The Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja has accused the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hillary Onek of indiscipline. This was after Minister Hillary Onek wrote a letter trending on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ACPCU registers 10% asset increase despite Covid-19 pandemic
SHEEMA – While several cooperatives around the country suffered serious setbacks during the Covid-19 induced lockdown, Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union (ACPCU) located in Kabwohe Town Council, Sheema Municipality registered a 10%…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NDA, cattle farmers blame each other on tick resistance in Western Uganda
WESTERN – For a decade, cattle farmers in Western Uganda have continued to deal with persistent tick resistance which has paralyzed the cattle farming business in the region. Farmers from the districts…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fire guts timber worth millions; one dead in Mbarara City
MBARARA – Dozens of traders lost property worth millions on Monday October 25th, 2021 after a fire engulfed timber traders near Mbarara Bus Park in Mbarara City. The fire, that is believed…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda to increase its coffee exports to the Middle East states by 1.5m bags, says UCDA
UGANDA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the country’s leading coffee agency targets an increase in coffee exports to the Middle East through export promotions. According to UCDA statistics, coffee exports to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
National Coffee Act inspires debate on new laws on registration of farmers
UGANDA – The Executive Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, has revealed that Clause 26 of the National Coffee Act has inspired debates on a new law on farmers’…
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Cooperatives & Communities
France offers Uganda a grant worth Shs 286b for extension water services in Isingiro district
ISINGIRO – The French government has offered Uganda a grant totaling 69M Euros (about Shs 286b) in a bid to extend water services in Isingiro district. The funding to build a water project…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bribery and ghost beneficiaries discovered in Emyooga SACCOs scam
BUHWEJU – Buhweju legislators have discovered that Emyooga money was divided amongst the district technocrats instead of the recommended residents in the informal sector by the Presidential directive. The Deputy Speaker, Hon.…
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