Cooperatives & Communities
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Minister Kasolo directs Emyooga SACCOs not to pay for audit services
The State Minister for Microfinance and Small Enterprises, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has ordered Emyooga SACCOs to stop paying for audit services with immediate effect. He made directives on Thursday while addressing Emyooga SACCO…
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Retired civil servants appeal for farm inputs as rains set in
AGAGO – Retired civil servants under the umbrella of Lamiyo Cooperative Society have requested government to give them seeds as the rains for the first planting season of the year set in.…
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Bunyangabu: Museveni cautions govt officials over mishandling PDM funds
BUNYANGABU – President Museveni has cautioned government officials over mishandling Parish Development Model [ PDM ] funds, saying the money is meant to facilitate the poor households in the country to get…
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Alito cooperative asks Lango farmers to grow more oil seeds
KOLE -Alito joint Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Okwerodot Sub-county, Kole district wants farmers in Lango Sub-region to embrace large-scale oil seed production, saying there is an increase in the demand for…
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Ariel Guarco appointed ICA Director General ad interim
KAMPALA-The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA ] President, Ariel Guarco has been appointed by the board to the post of Director General in the interim, with effect from March 1, 2023. The appointment…
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Govt to hire offices for Emyooga SACCOs
HOIMA – The State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has said government plans to hire offices for the Emyooga SACCOs across the country in a bid to ease monitoring of the…
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Kikuube Emyooga funds defaulters face arrest
KIKUUBE– The state Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has given defaulters of Emyooga funds in Kikuube district a two-month ultimatum to have clear their loans or face the wrath of the…
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WSACCO supports Makindye boda boda riders
KAMPALA – The chairman of Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [ WSACCO ], Maj Gen. Sam Kavuma has handed three motorcycles worth Shs 13 million to Makindye Professional Boda Boda SACCO.…
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Rakai farmers form own SACCO to provide cheap credit for production
RAKAI– At least 100 coffee and dairy farmers in Kacheera Sub-county in Rakai district have formed their own SACCO [Kacheera Sub-county Coffee and Dairy Farmers SACCO] to provide members with cheap loans…
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Apac gets over Shs 1.1bln PDM cash
APAC-Apac district has received Shs 1.174 billion under the Parish Development Model [PDM] aimed at moving households trapped in the subsistence economy to the money economy through emphasising agricultural value-chain development to…
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