Cooperatives & Communities
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Alupo pledges Shs 50mln for AMDF SACCOs
SOROTI – The Vice President, Jessica Alupo has pledged to support Ateker Muslim Development Foundation [ AMDF ] SACCOs with Shs 50 million to boost their income generating activities. The Shs 50mln…
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Masindi Teachers’ SACCO share capital grows
MASINDI– The share capital for Masindi Teachers’ SACCCO increased to Shs 65 million in 2022 from Shs 56mln in 2021, according to Joseph Rukundo, the outgoing SACCO chairperson. Rukundo disclosed the share…
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Balaalo blamed for frustrating commercial cattle production in northern Uganda
GULU– Members of Gulu Meat Producers Cooperative Society say the presence of Balaalo in Gulu and other parts of the northern region is frustrating the commercial production of livestock there. According to…
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Kumi disburses PDM funds to beneficiaries
KUMI – Kumi District Local Government has disbursed Parish Development Model [PDM] funds to beneficiaries in six sub-counties. During the launch of the disbursement of the funds in Ongino and Kanapa sub-counties…
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Ipara cooperative needs tractor to boost oil seed production
DOKOLO – Ipara Cooperative and Marketing Society based in Dokolo Town Council has asked the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to help with the procurement of a tractor, saying it…
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BCU asks Museveni to fulfill pledge of establishing cocoa processing factory
BUNDIBUGYO – Farmers belonging to Bwamba Cooperative Union [BCU] in Bundibugyo district have appealed to government to speed up the process of establishing a cocoa processing factory in the district as pledged…
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UN General Assembly adopts first resolution on social and solidarity economy
KAMPALA – Following the events organised in July and December 2022 at the United Nations [ UN ] Headquarters in New York, the UN has adopted the first Resolution on promoting the…
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Power outage irks members of Kwania Salon Operators’ Emyooga SACCO
KWANIA – Members of Salon Operators Emyooga SACCOs in Aduku town council in Kwania district are crying over the prolonged power outage that has made them incur losses in the running of…
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Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative wants to be supported with tractors
BULIISA – Members of Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative Society Limited in Buliisa district have appealed to Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Prime Minister, Andrew Byakutaga to help link them to organisations that can support them…
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PDM Secretariat ranks Zombo and Arua as best performing districts in West Nile
ARUA – The Parish Development Model [PDM] Secretariat has ranked Zombo and Arua districts as the best performing districts in implementing the poverty alleviation programme where government intends to move 3.5 million…
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