Solomon Otim
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Cooperatives & Communities
Victims of Flooding in Kwania Get Food
KWANIA – At least 757 displaced people in Nambieso Sub County in Kwania District whose houses and property were destroyed by extreme flooding last December have received relief food. Last December, over…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers In Tears After Suspension Of Livestock Markets
The 42-day suspension of livestock markets announced by President Museveni on June 6 to slow the march of Covid-19 has been greeted with anger and sadness by farmers and dealers locked out…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Youth told: Greed For Money Is Killing You
KWANIA – In a training meeting with youth leaders from Kwania District, Dr Joseph Odongkara Abraham, a former principal commercial judge in the UK, offered some honest advice: “You have remained poor…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira Main Market On Brink Of Ruin
LIRA – Business in the new Lira Main Market is limping and troubled, six years after the market was officially opened in 2015. Business in the market has edged down and traders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Aduku Council Boss Warns Boda-Boda Riders
ADUKU – Obaya Keny James, the town clerk of Aduku Town Council, has told boda-boda riders that their life of pleasures must be tempered with caution. He said their knack for lavish…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania Farmers Sign Sorghum Growing Deal
KWANIA – Farmers in Kwania have agreed a deal that effectively leaps sorghum to the front-of-the-line of crops grown on a large scale in the northern district. Several farmers signed up to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Women Groups Applications For Cash Drop In Lira
LIRA – Applications for cash grants by women groups to Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP) are on the decline in the northern district of Lira, we are told. UWEP was launched in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers Stranded With Mangoes, Oranges
AMOLATAR – Lower fruit prices and a lack of a better market have stoked harsh arguments among mango farmers bruised by sizable losses in the northern district of Amolatar. Across the sub…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCOs Tipped On Playbook For Success
KWANIA – Cooperatives should follow a basic playbook for success which has a blend of good financial character and good governance, Patrick Bura, the District Principal Commercial Officer of Kwania, has said.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania District Releases Emyooga Cash
KWANIA –After passing the multi-layered fit-and-proper test, at least four out of 36 Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) in Kwania district have finally received Shs 30 million each under the Presidential Initiative…
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