Cooperatives & Communities
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Oil refinery project affected persons get land titles
HOIMA – 73 Kabaale oil refinery project affected persons [PAPs] whose families were displaced as government acquired land for the construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale Sub-county in Hoima district are…
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Kenya to host first Africa coffee summit this week
NAIROBI– Kenya will host the first G25 African Coffee Summit from May 25-27, 2022. The country was granted the opportunity during the Inter African Coffee Organization [IACO] 61st Annual General Assembly which…
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Credit unions more likely to improve financial wellbeing of members, survey dicovers
NEW YORK– A recent survey of US voters by the Credit Union National Association [CUNA] found that the sector returns billions of dollars to the members of unions and communities. Credit union…
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NGO boss arrested over Pader farmers’ Shs700mln
PADER – Police in Pader district have arrested Dr. Solomon Okello, the Executive Director of Countryside Harvester Organisation for allegedly extorting over Shs 700 million from farmers in the district. The farmer-focussed…
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Banyankole managers arrested over misuse of union funds
MBARARA – Former Banyankole Kweterana Co-operative Union [BKCU] Chairman, Emmanuel Natukunda and his treasurer Andrew Kaggwa were Friday arrested and dragged to police to record statements over the alleged mismanagement of the…
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Shock as CNOOC is stuck with compensation money
KIKUUBE– China National Offshore Oil Corporation [ CNOOC ] is stuck with compensation money after the oil company failed to locate landowners [Project Affected Persons ] in Kikuube district. CNOOC is taking…
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£200mln invested to transform community businesses
LONDON – More than £200 million has been invested in UK community businesses in the last decade, using community shares – a unique form of finance. And a major fund has re-launched…
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Lack of tea policy affecting Uganda’s farmers
FORT PORTAL– Tea is Uganda’s third most important agricultural export earner after coffee and fish, but tea farmers say they need a policy to regulate the sector. It is one of the…
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NARO urged to save bees
LIRA– The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation [TUNADO], has advised farmers in northern Uganda and the National Agricultural Research Organization to use friendly pesticides to spray crops so that bees are able…
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Co-op Ukraine rallies support for people, offers bread and bed
KYIV– Since the Russian military invaded Ukraine, the all-Ukrainian union of consumer co-operatives (Ukrkoopspilka) has been working tirelessly to provide products and services to members and customers, offer shelter to people displaced…
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