Cooperatives & Communities
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Minister Kwiyucwiny urges cooperatives to stabilise market prices
OTUKE-Cooperatives in northern Uganda have a role to play in stabilising market prices in the region by releasing a given quantity of the stored commodities to the market whenever prices seem to…
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Pooling resources: UCSCU SACCOs raise over Shs 890mln for re-capitalisation
KAMPALA – SACCOs subscribing to Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union [UCSCU] have pooled resources of about Shs 897 million to re-capitalise members as they grow their businesses. Through the central finance…
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Microfinance and Savings Groups Conference kicks off in Kampala
KAMPALA-A two-day hybrid Annual Microfinance and Savings Groups Conference 2022 kicked off on Tuesday at Hotel Africana in Kampala, attracting different players from the private sector, government, academia, civil society, and academia.…
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Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society gets storage facility
OTUKE-The Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny has commissioned a storage facility for Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society in Olilim town council, Otuke district. The farmers’ storage facility constructed for bulking…
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BoU readying to regulate big SACCOs, pledges to work with UCSCU
KAMPALA– The Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions [Registered Societies] Regulations, 2022, will enable the Bank of Uganda [BoU] to license and supervise large SACCOs in the country as mandated under the Tier 4 Microfinance…
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Rice farmers ask gov’t to rescind ban on growing rice in wetlands
MBALE– Rice farmers in Mbale City are not happy with government for imposing a ban on growing rice in the wetlands, saying they should have been consulted first. The farmers are concerned…
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Form SACCOS for peaceful retirement-university professor urges civil servants
KWANIA– Civil servants in Uganda can enhance their financial security if they form their own SACCOS that can help them while in retirement, according to Ojuka Onedo, a professor of Accounting and…
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UMRA, URSB summon money lenders for crucial meeting in Kampala
KAMPALA – The Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority [ UMRA ] in partnership with Uganda Registration Services Bureau [URSB] has organised a workshop aimed at sensitising selected money lending companies in the country…
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SACCOS best solution to ending poverty in Uganda, says UCSCU boss
KAMPALA – The chief executive officer of Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union [UCSCU], Dr. Sylvester Ndiroramukama has underscored the role of SACCOS in helping communities to fight poverty. Talking to theCooperator…
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Review contracts to settle disputes, MTIC official urges Hoima Sugar Limited and farmers
KIKUUBE– A senior official from the Ministry of Trade, industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] wants Hoima Sugar Limited and cane out-growers in Kikuube district to revise their contracts if the long-standing disputes between…
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