Cooperatives & Communities
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Kumi disburses PDM funds to beneficiaries
KUMI – Kumi District Local Government has disbursed Parish Development Model [PDM] funds to beneficiaries in six sub-counties. During the launch of the disbursement of the funds in Ongino and Kanapa sub-counties…
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Ipara cooperative needs tractor to boost oil seed production
DOKOLO – Ipara Cooperative and Marketing Society based in Dokolo Town Council has asked the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to help with the procurement of a tractor, saying it…
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BCU asks Museveni to fulfill pledge of establishing cocoa processing factory
BUNDIBUGYO – Farmers belonging to Bwamba Cooperative Union [BCU] in Bundibugyo district have appealed to government to speed up the process of establishing a cocoa processing factory in the district as pledged…
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UN General Assembly adopts first resolution on social and solidarity economy
KAMPALA – Following the events organised in July and December 2022 at the United Nations [ UN ] Headquarters in New York, the UN has adopted the first Resolution on promoting the…
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Power outage irks members of Kwania Salon Operators’ Emyooga SACCO
KWANIA – Members of Salon Operators Emyooga SACCOs in Aduku town council in Kwania district are crying over the prolonged power outage that has made them incur losses in the running of…
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Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative wants to be supported with tractors
BULIISA – Members of Buliisa Rural Enterprise Cooperative Society Limited in Buliisa district have appealed to Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Prime Minister, Andrew Byakutaga to help link them to organisations that can support them…
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PDM Secretariat ranks Zombo and Arua as best performing districts in West Nile
ARUA – The Parish Development Model [PDM] Secretariat has ranked Zombo and Arua districts as the best performing districts in implementing the poverty alleviation programme where government intends to move 3.5 million…
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PDM: Bureaucracy delays funds accessibility in Lango Sub-region
LIRA – Bureaucracy is delaying utilisation of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds in Lango Sub-region despite the fact that the beneficiaries in the area badly need the money to procure planting…
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New planting season: Amuru farmers seek government support on seeds
AMURU – Farmers subscribing to Kilak Farmers Cooperative Society have appealed to government to provide them with at least 1.5 tonnes of maize seeds and one tonne of soybean seeds during the…
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Museveni moots doubling PDM money
ARUA – The money being received by parishes each financial year under the Parish Development Model [PDM] could be doubled to Shs 200 million, according to President Yoweri Museveni. Official government documents…
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