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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru RDC rejects immature animals supplied under NUSAF 3
Amuru Deputy Resident Commissioner (RDC), Osborn Oceng Geoffrey, on Friday rejected a total of 46 out of 71 oxen procured by a supplier under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF…
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Money changers at Elegu Border count losses as Covid19, restrictions bite
Money Changers at Elegu, Uganda’s border with South Sudan in Atiak Sub County, Amuru district are counting losses after majority have been pushed out of the business due to Covid 19. At…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hunger looms as food suppliers abandon Elegu market over COVID-19 fears
Local leaders at Elegu border post, Elegu Town Council, in Amuru district, have expressed fears of a looming crisis as food suppliers at Elegu Market pull out due to the increasing COVID-19…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19: Transport ban paralyses major Gulu-Kampala highway market
Women dealing in groundnut paste (known locally as odii) and honey in Gulu municipality are registering very low sales following the suspension of public transportation due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.…
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Avoid commercial banks, Minister advises entrepreneurs
The State Minister for Microfinance, Hon. Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune, has advised small scale entrepreneurs to desist from taking high-interest loans from commercial banks, arguing that such rates may cripple rather than boost…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya fruits growers urged to join Cooperatives
Fruits growers in Nwoya District have been advised to join cooperatives in order to improve their negotiation power when Delight Uganda Juice factory begins operations in the district come 2021. Delight Uganda…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fires Threaten Atiak Sugarcane Farmers
AMURU: Members of Atiak Sugarcane Out Growers Cooperative in Amuru district are decrying the frequent outbreak of fires that have devastated their farms and left them counting huge losses. About 3 fires targeting…
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FRONASA Cooperative Members Appeal to Museveni for support
OMORO: Relatives and children of fallen Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) members are crying out to President Museveni for support to boost their Cooperative, which is struggling with insufficient capital. Based in Awere…
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Cooperatives & Communities
How shear butter agro-processing is changing lives of Pader Women
Pader, Uganda: In 2002, as the LRA insurgency raged on in Northern Uganda, 6 women decided to come together to form a self-help group, as a way of coping with the dire…
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