Cooperatives & Communities
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Bishop Olwa asks Museveni for tractors
OTUKE- The Bishop of Lango Diocese, Prof. Alfred Olwa has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to procure 10 tractors for the diocese, saying they would help boost agricultural production in its archdeaconries.…
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Paa-Apira SACCO transforming livelihoods of members in Northern Uganda
GULU – Farmers in Acholi Sub-region are busy planting maize, rice, sorghum, sim-sim, cassava as the first planting season of the year continues. Notable among the busy farmers are the members of…
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Namisindwa PDM officials arrested over extortion
NAMISINDWA – Five executive committee members of a local PDM SACCO in Namisindwa district have been arrested over allegations of extorting money from the beneficiaries of the government programme aimed at fighting…
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Local cooperatives urged to embrace mechanisation
NWOYA – Agricultural cooperatives in Nwoya district have been urged to embrace mechanisation such as use of tractors to boost crop production. Lwanga Monday, an official from Mascor, the authorised dealer of…
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Masindi credit cooperatives warned against depending on donor funds
MASINDI – Credit cooperatives in Masindi district have been warned against dependence on donor funds. The warning was sounded by Monica Tibemanya ,the Masindi Municipality Council commercial officer during the second annual general…
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Museveni boosts Otuke SACCOs with Shs 100mln
OTUKE – President Yoweri Museveni has pledged Shs 100 million donation to support Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Otuke district. Museveni offered the donation as he camped in the Lango…
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2023/2024 budget: Govt earmarks over Shs 1trn for SACCOs
KAMPALA– Government has earmarked Shs 1.177 trillion for various SACCOs in the upcoming 2023/2024 financial year, according to State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo. Parliament yesterday approved the Shs 52trn budget for…
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Promoter meets Lango cultural leaders over establishment of coop bank
LIRA – A concerned Ugandan Lt. Moses Mugisha Magufuri has held discussions with the leaders of Lango Cultural Foundation in Lira City East Division over the establishment of Agriculture and Cooperative Bank.…
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Govt will revive Cooperative Bank, says minister Bahati
KAMPALA– Government is in the initial stages of reviving the Cooperative Bank, according to State Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, David Bahati. Bahati made the revelation in Kampala on Tuesday during…
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Hot debate in parliament over money lender’s death
KAMPALA – The murder of Uttam Bhandari, a city money lender by a police officer, Ivan Wabwire, has stoked debate in parliament on mental health, minimum wage and exorbitant interest rates in…
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