Cooperatives & Communities
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Tooro dairy cooperative gets Shs 1bln machine for value addition
FORT PORTAL – Tooro Dairy Cooperative Society Limited has received an ultra-high temperature [UHT] machine worth about Shs1 billion, under Operation Wealth Creation [OWC] for value addition. The cooperative society’s manager, Micheal…
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Fruit and vegetable farmers in South Sudan reach for global standards
JUBA-In South Sudan, International Trade Centre [ITC] training guides fruit and vegetable farmers as they work to increase their harvests and attain global standards, according to a recent press release. Small farmers…
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Misuse of PDM cash: Nwoya RDC orders arrest of officials
NWOYA-Nwoya district officials are in panic after they failed to account for some of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds disbursed to the district by government and now face arrest. Christopher Omara,…
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Pesticides killing our bees, Rubirizi farmers cry out for help
RUBIRIZI – Apiary farmers in Rubirizi district are worried that they could soon lose their business as bees are being killed by the pesticides used on the farms to prevent diseases and…
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Fishermen on lakes Kwania and Kyoga find hope in Emyooga
KWANIA-Hope has been restored in the lives of over 11,000 fishermen on Lake Kwania and Lake Kyoga after benefiting from Emyooga funds that were disbursed to them to boost their fishing activities.…
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Northern Uganda: CBO empowers needy girls of cooperators
PADER – The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown for two years affected girl children of the cooperators in Pader, Kitgum, Agago, and Lamwo districts as they got pregnant and could not continue with classes…
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Kabarole Emyooga SACCO leaders arrested, forced to refund cash
KBAROLE-Officials in Kabarole district led by the Resident District Commissioner, Festus Bandeeba arrested Sacco leaders over mismanagement of Emyooga money and recovered Shs7.6 million while some Shs 25mln is yet to be…
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Apac leaders top list of Emyooga defaulters
APAC-Political leaders in Apac district have come under the spotlight for defaulting on Emyooga funds and as such failing to lead by example. Emyooga is the Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth…
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Museveni launches issuing of land titles in Apac
LIRA-President Yoweri Museveni has launched the registration and issuing of certificates of land titles for customary land ownership, which is part of the government’s efforts to protect the less privileged in the…
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South Africa to host major conference on cooperatives in Africa
JOHANNESBURG– African cooperators and other stakeholders will from November 3-4, 2022, attend the 2nd edition of the annual Conference on Cooperatives and the Solidarity Economy [CCSE] hosted by Africa Cooperatives Institute of…
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