Cooperatives & Communities
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Fish vendors reap big through cooperatives
LIRA – Fish vendors especially women are reaping big from the business after getting soft loans from local cooperatives. One of the cooperatives supporting the fish vendors in Lira Main Market is…
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Masindi leaders urged to support URA in expanding tax base
MASINDI- Leaders in Masindi district have been asked to support the Uganda Revenue Authority [URA] in its efforts to expand the tax base in the district. The call was made by Kateeba…
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AMURU: Women’s cooperative gets over Shs 300mln rice huller
AMURU– Members of Elegu Women Cross Border Traders’ Cooperative in Amuru district now expects to earn more income following the installation of the rice huller worth Shs 333 million. A rice huller or rice husker is…
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Hoima: Officials directed to reconsider lists of PDM beneficiaries
HOIMA – Officials implementing the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Hoima district have been directed to correct mistakes after the discovery of names of ineligible people on the lists of the beneficiaries.…
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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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