Patrick Okaba
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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19 leads to 35% drop in Nebbi municipality revenue
Nebbi Municipality has recorded a 35% drop in revenue collection as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on businesses. This has affected service delivery and led to suspension of some of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
L. Albert floods submerge Shs 1bn modern fish market in Panyimur
Authorities in Panyimur Sub County, Pakwach district have been left scratching their heads after the only modern fish market and the leading source of revenue in the sub county was recently submerged…
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Shs 40m Museveni cash splits Nebbi vendors
Vendors in Nebbi main market under their umbrella, Nebbi Vendors Association, are at loggerheads over a Shs 40m presidential grant meant to help them kick start a SACCO. The money, which was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi cassava farmers lose millions to disease, factory delay blamed
Over 600 cassava farmers registered under the project component of the Agricultural Cluster Development Program (ACDP) in Nebbi are counting losses after a strange cassava disease raided their plantations. Launched in 2017…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Nile veterans to benefit from Shs 150m UN Women funds
Eight active veterans’ SACCO groups in West Nile are set to benefit from Shs 150m under the United Nations Women Funds (UNWF). According to Mike Mabonga Wambi, Commissioner Rehabilitation, Psycho-social Support and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi Municipality battles to recover women entrepreneurship funds
Authorities in Nebbi Municipality are engaged in a struggle with women groups in Nebbi municipality to recover funds that the government of Uganda distributed under Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP). The UWEP…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Alur King backs tea-growing for economic transformation
In the early 1960s, tea growing was introduced in Alur kingdom as a complement to coffee, at the time the region’s predominant cash crop. However, tea growing died out in the 1990s…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Five cooperative-owned cassava factories nearing completion in Nebbi district
Five cassava mini factories worth over Shs 3bn are nearing completion in Nebbi District. The mini-factories are part of a bid to increase production, productivity and value addition of cassava in the…
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