Cooperatives & Communities
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Government earmarks Shs500m for compensation in wildlife conservation areas
MASINDI– The government of Uganda through Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] has earmarked Shs500 million for compensation of people in the wildlife conservation areas of Murchison Falls National Park. The wildlife compensation scheme…
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NSSF total assets shoot up 15.3 percent in March 2022
KAMPALA– The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] issued a transparency statement showing that its total assets as at March 31, 2022 increased by 15.3 percent to about Shs 16.86 trillion from Shs…
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Encroachers forced to vacate Hoima Sugar Ltd land
KIKUUBE. Security agencies in the Bunyoro region days ago ordered more than 20,000 people who had encroached on Hoima Sugar Limited land to vacate. The encroachers were allowed to take with them…
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Muslims in Uganda urged to form SACCOs
KAMPALA– Muslims in Uganda have been advised to form Saving and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] if they are to benefit from government’s poverty eradication programmes such as Emyooga and Parish Development Model [PDM].…
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New cooperative policy: Indian states suggest FDI, age limit for board members
NEW DELHI -Allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the cooperative sector, particularly in Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) to improve infrastructure; fix an upper age limit of 70 years for board members…
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Katakwi RDC directs police to arrest wetland encroachers
KATAKWI– The Katakwi Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Godfrey Katamba has directed the police to arrest and prosecute in courts of law people cultivating in wetlands. This comes as a section of members…
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Elegu Market: Land owners demand relocation of vendors
ELEGU– The owners of pieces of land on which hundreds of vendors at the Elegu border market have been operating are demanding that the vendors should go off their land to pave…
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Bee farmers advise govt to recruit more entomologists
LIRA – Bee farmers in the Lango sub region have urged the government to recruit more Entomology officers to train farmers on beekeeping as a business for income generation. Professional entomologists contribute…
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FBI warns US farm co-ops of cyber threats in planting and harvest seasons
US – Cyber attacks on agricultural co-ops are higher in the planting and harvest seasons, the FBI has warned. The US crime agency says ransomware actors will choose these crucial seasons because…
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Masindi Municipality opens new market, residents to be given priority
MASINDI– Masindi district local government has opened a new market in Kirasa 1 cell in Central Masindi Municipality and will give residents a priority. The market was launched by Emmy Ngaburano, the…
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