Cooperatives & Communities
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Form cooperatives to access better markets for your produce, farmers urged
LIRA-Lira Produce Dealers` Cooperative Society [LPDCCS] Limited has advised farmers in Lango Sub-region to form cooperatives if they are to get better markets for their produce. There is concern that farmers in…
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Join SACCOs to develop saving culture, MP urges Bulambuli residents
BULAMBULI – Instead of keeping money in their houses, people should develop a saving culture by joining Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs]. The advice was given by the Bulambuli district Woman…
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Bushika Cooperative in need of greenhouse for coffee drying
BUDUDA – To avoid being derailed by the weather changes, especially rains, Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise Limited in Bududa district, plans to establish a greenhouse for coffee drying, its officials say.…
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Mbarara market vendors irked as authorities demarcate verandahs
MBARARA-Lock-up owners and other vendors in the newly constructed Mbarara Central Market are castigating the city leadership which has embarked on demarcating verandas to create space for vendors operating on the city…
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Ikwera SACCO leaders in trouble as Shs 114mln disappears
KWANIA– Police in Kwania district are investigating leaders of Ikwera Savings and Cooperative Society [SACCO] following the mysterious loss of members’ savings worth Shs 114 million. The SACCO leaders are being accused…
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Don’t become liability to gov’t, FRONASA members warned
GULU-The national vice chairperson Historical League for Greater North, Brig. Gen. Bosco Omure has scoffed at the Front for National Salvation [FRONASA] members in Acholi Sub-region, saying they are more interested in…
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Former KCCA staff on spot over defrauding cooperatives
KAMPALA-Some of the retired staff of Kampala Capital City Authority [KCCA] are on the spot for illegally running offices to handle cooperative sector-related work, ending up extorting large amounts of money from…
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Disbursement of Shs 1.3bln launched for PDM SACCOs in Kiryandongo
KIRYANDONGO– There was excitement in Kiryandongo district days ago as Jennifer Kacha Namuyangu, the State Minister for Bunyoro Affairs officially launched the disbursement of Shs 1.3 billion meant for Parish Development Model…
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Museveni warns MPs to keep off Vinci coffee deal
NTUNGAMO – President Yoweri Museveni continues to push for the coffee deal signed between government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited [UNCCL], despite the project receiving strong criticism from both the public…
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Acholi farmers urged to join cooperatives
GULU-As initiatives to strengthen the cooperative movement in Uganda take centre stage, Farmers in Acholi Sub-region have been urged to join or form cooperative societies if they are to benefit more from…
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