BCU to Renovate Primary Cooperative Societies Across Nine Zones
BCU, the Arabica coffee trading powerhouse in Uganda, has at least 314 affiliated primary societies spread across the Bugisu Subregion
KAMPALA, April 3, 2025 – Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU] plans to renovate its primary cooperative societies across the nine zones.
BCU, the Arabica coffee trading powerhouse in Uganda, has at least 314 affiliated primary societies spread across the Bugisu Subregion.
Speaking to theCooperator at Parliament recently, the Vice Chairman of BCU, John Musila, who also serves as the MP for Bubulo East, said that following a major zonal meeting held at Chebukube Guesthouse in Lwakhakha Town Council, Manafwa district, a resolution was reached to carry out renovations across all the societies.
Musila explained that the union would implement the activity in phases, with the next financial year set to begin with at least two primary societies per zone. He added that this number could potentially increase, depending on the volume of coffee delivered to the union, with the final amount determined by profits generated from coffee exports.
“We shall improve the facilities of our affiliated societies through various sets of renovation works, but priority will be given to those societies that are well-patronised. The more coffee a society delivers to the union, the greater the benefits its members will enjoy,” Musila said.
He called on farmers to entrust their coffee to BCU so that they can access enhanced services and additional benefits.
The farmers were positive about the decision to improve their societies, pledging greater commitment to supplying their coffee to the co-operative.
Robert Mugilya, a coffee farmer in Lwakhakha Town Council, commended BCU for the decision, noting that the relationship between the farmers and BCU was about more than just the coffee business.
He also urged BCU to develop strategies to counter competition from multinational companies offering better prices and farm inputs.
The General Manager of BCU, Barbra Wasagali, appreciated the concerns and assured stakeholders that they would be addressed during the Annual General Meeting [AGM] scheduled for tomorrow April 4, 2025 at the union’s headquarters in Mbale City.
Coffee farmers who subscribe to BCU come from the districts of Mbale City, Bududa, Manafwa, Bulambuli, Namisindwa, and Sironko.
A primary cooperative society is a cooperative organization in which the majority of members are individual people, not other cooperative societies.
Primary societies are the foundation upon which secondary and tertiary societies [cooperatives whose members are themselves primary societies] are built.
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