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Development
Busia cooperators ask for protection
Egessa Hajusu Traders under Busia produce dealers’ multi-purpose cooperative society have asked the government to protect them from Kenyan counterparts. The traders want government to stop Kenyan traders from skipping their cooperatives…
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News
Cooperatives the way to go- Busia boss
Egessa Hajusu Sustainable development in the country will not be achieved lest cooperatives are embraced by Ugandans, the acting Busia district chairperson Paul Oguttu has said. “You were all here during the…
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Court orders Nandala out of Bugisu cooperative union board
High Court in Mbale has issued an injunction stopping Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) Board led by Nandala Mafabi from handling the affairs of the farmers’ group, arguing that their term of office…
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We don’t take bribes to register cooperatives
By Egessa Hajusu The registrar of cooperatives Joseph Kitandwe has refuted claims that his office demands for bribes in order to register cooperatives. “This is a very serious allegation I am hearing…
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Eastern Region elders embrace Sacco’s
By Egessa Hajusu The elderly people in Eastern Uganda have embraced savings and credit cooperatives (SACCO’S) so as to participate in the area’s social economic development. Speaking to the Cooperator in telephone…
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Technology
How is Your Co-operative Performing in the Digital World?
Digital technologies are changing the lives of customers and patrons. Social Media provides them with a new voice. Mobile devices and online platforms alter what people expect from businesses. And ‘big data’…
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Opinions & Commentary
OPINION: Uganda needs more of producer and marketing cooperatives and less of SACCOs
By James Abola In the 1950s when Africans realised they were firmly stuck at the bottom of the economic ladder, they started forming cooperatives. All over the country, there were producer and…
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Cooperatives strengthen large scale investment in agriculture -Kadaga
Rebecca Kadaga, The speaker of Parliament of Uganda has called on government to restore cooperative unions saying they provide a better way of organizing production, markets and prices of agricultural products. Kadaga…
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Development
Grain Watch: East African Grain markets and Trade Highlight
Prices of grain staples eased marginally as stocks in the markets were adequate owing to harvest from the main seasons of Tanzania and Uganda and carry overstocks from the previous marketing year.…
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Development
UNBS lists high risk products in its July compliance report
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducts regular market surveillance inspections to determine the level of compliance to Uganda Standards to protect consumers and the environment from dangerous substandard products. In…
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