Cooperatives & Communities
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DR Congo and Uganda security officials meet over cross-border smuggling
NEBBI- Ugandan security officials in Nebbi district and their counterparts from DR-Congo’s Mahagi Territory, in Eastern Ituri Province met on Tuesday to discuss the rise in the smuggling of goods between the…
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Power consumers in Brazil turn to cooperatives
SAO PAUL – The high power costs and bundled rules for pricing and surcharges in Brazil are making small and medium consumers turn to a new type of distributed generation from cooperatives.…
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Teachers to stage industrial action on Wednesday
KAMPALA– Teachers under the umbrella of Uganda National Teachers Union [UNATU] have promised to lay down their tools on Wednesday if government does not confirm their salary increments in the budget for the…
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Mbarara traders to learn from Madhvani Group of Companies
MBARARA– In a bid to increase their production, Mbarara traders and manufacturers under the umbrella of Mbarara City Traders Association [MBACITA] plan to visit the Madhvani Group of Companies to learn how…
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Masindi Municipality receives Shs 329mln, over 12,000 iron sheets
MASINDI– Ten Groups from Masindi Municipality and Bigando Primary School days ago received Shs 329 million from the Office of the Prime Minister [OPM]under the micro-projects and Parish development associations programme. Jeneffer…
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ICC assures of compensation of LRA victims in Northern Uganda
LIRA– The International Criminal Court [ ICC ] has assured victims of the two decades Lord`s Resistance Army [LRA] rebellion in Northern Uganda of compensation. Updating stakeholders on the progress of Dominic…
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Gulu City VSLAs become cooperatives
GULU– Two Village Saving and Loan Associations [ VSLAs ] comprising of women traders in Gulu City have been transformed into cooperatives in a bid to formalise their operations. Gulu Women Produce…
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Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Masindi trains PDM implementers
MASINDI– Masindi district has started training the Parish Development Model [PDM] implementers at all levels across the district. The training of the PDM implementers was conducted days ago by the selected heads…
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TotalEnergies to donate processing plant to Bulisa cassava farmers
BULISA– TotalEnergies a French company drilling oil in the Albertine Grabben is set to support over 200 farmers with a cassava processing facility to help them add value to their produce. This…
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