Cooperatives & Communities
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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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PDM: Bureaucracy delays funds accessibility in Lango Sub-region
LIRA – Bureaucracy is delaying utilisation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds in Lango Sub-region despite the fact that the beneficiaries in the area badly need the money to procure planting…
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New planting season: Amuru farmers seek government support on seeds
AMURU – Farmers subscribing to Kilak Farmers Cooperative Society have appealed to government to provide them with at least 1.5 tonnes of maize seeds and one tonne of soybean seeds during the…
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Museveni moots doubling PDM money
ARUA – The money being received by parishes each financial year under the Parish Development Model [PDM] could be doubled to Shs 200 million, according to President Yoweri Museveni. Official government documents…
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Loan repayment: Emyooga SACCOs urged to give members more time
ARUA-President Yoweri Museveni has asked Emyooga SACCOs to give their members a grace period of at least two years to pay off their loans. Museveni made the call yesterday in Arua City…
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Govt sinks Shs 540mln in Ajuri County Emyooga SACCOs
ALEBTONG – The Government has so far disbursed Shs 540 million to Ajuri County, Alebtong district to finance the income generating activities of 18 Emyooga SACCOs. This was disclosed last Saturday by…
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Govt procures Shs 2.2bln machinery for dairy cooperatives
KIRUHURA-The government has purchased mini dairy processing equipment worth 2.2 billion to benefit farmers in the districts of Sembabule, Kabarole and Isingiro. According to Grace Kazigeti, the head of the Agri-business department…
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