Cooperatives & Communities
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Museveni to support journalists’ SACCOs
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to support journalists’ SACCOs across the country. Museveni made the commitment on Saturday in response to a request by leaders of Uganda Journalists Association [UJA].…
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Mbale City officer arrested over PDM funds
MBALE – The Mbale City production officer who doubles as Parish Development Model [PDM] focal point person, Dr. Simon Massa has been arrested for allegedly misappropriating funds meant to pay PDM committee…
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Lira women’s cooperative train in liquid soap production
LIRA-Platform for Labour Action [PLA], a national civil society organisation in the country has trained Lira Main Market Women Vendors’ Cooperative in liquid soap production to enable them to generate extra income.…
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Minister urges Mbarara traders to form cooperatives
MBARARA-The Minister of State for Trade, Harriet Ntabazi has advised traders in Mbarara to form cooperatives in order to dictate the market for their products. The minister made the call on Friday…
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Adjumani farmers decry low prices of soybeans, urged to form cooperatives
ADJUMANI -More than 100 farmer groups and individual farmers in Adjumani district are stuck with close to 50 tons of soybeans due to the low prices being offered by the middlemen. The…
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Politicians accused of decampaigning PDM
KWANIA -Political leaders in Lango Sub-region have been accused of decampaigning the Parish Development Model [PDM]. PDM is a new government poverty alleviation programme that aims at helping 3.5 million households still…
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Form SACCOs, VP Alupo urges journalists
KAMPALA-Vice President, Jessica Alupo, has called upon journalists in Uganda to form SACCOs if they are to benefit from the government’s poverty alleviation programmes. Alupo was addressing journalists at a symposium organised by…
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Govt gives Bunyoro SACCO tractors
MASINDI-Government through the Ministry of Agriculture Animal industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has given three tractors to Abafumambogo Clan SACCO in Bunyoro Sub-region to boost agricultural mechanisation. The handover of the tractors last…
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WSACCO trains Mbarara SACCOs in financial literacy
MBARARA-The Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO] has extended financial literacy training and shared experience with SACCOs in Greater Mbarara districts as one way of giving…
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Alebtong VHTs urged to form SACCO
ALEBTONG-The Government Chief, Denis Hamson Obua has appealed to members of village health teams [VHTs] in Ajuri County, Alebtong district to form a SACCO to support their meagre earnings. Addressing VHTs, LC3…
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