Cooperatives & Communities
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Gulu Sells District Land To Pay Sacked Employees
GULU – Saddled with a soaring debt load, Gulu District Local Government has sold at least 30 plots of district land to pay off about Shs 6 billion in compensation to local…
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SACCOs Tipped On Playbook For Success
KWANIA – Cooperatives should follow a basic playbook for success which has a blend of good financial character and good governance, Patrick Bura, the District Principal Commercial Officer of Kwania, has said.…
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Struggling SACCO Appeals For Bailout
HOIMA – A struggling Teachers’ Saving and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) in Hoima Oil City is appealing for a government financial bailout – with good reason. The 175 member Hoima Municipality Teachers…
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Fuel Theft Derails Oil Roads Construction
KIKUUBE – A steep rise in the theft of cement and hundreds of litres of fuel from Chinese road contractor; China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG) threatens to derail completion of the on-going…
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Masindi Demands New Modern Market
MASINDI – A heave of frustration and anger is boiling over in Masindi Municipality as vendors lash out at the delayed construction of a new modern market under the Markets and Agriculture…
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Nwoya Farmers Struggle With Cassava Growing
NWOYA – In 2017 cassava brown streak disease wiped out the cassava crop in the northern district of Nwoya. Two years later, frantic attempts by farmers in the district to resume growing…
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Don’t Expand Too Fast, SACCOs Warned
MBARARA – Rubindi Parish Priest Rev Fr. Felix Bikwasizehi, patron of Rubindi Farmers’ SACCO has warned cooperative societies not to expand their footprint too quickly. Forming new branches too quickly, he said,…
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Gulu District SACCOs Run On Shoe-string Budget
GULU – About 30 cooperatives in the northern district of Gulu will be kneecapped financially in the 2021/2022 financial year. They have been offered only Shs 7.9 million to run their activities…
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Minister: Bananas Can Make You Rich
MBARARA –Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has offered expert advice to farmers that could rake in higher profit: Embrace value addition to reap more income. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries…
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Kwania District Releases Emyooga Cash
KWANIA –After passing the multi-layered fit-and-proper test, at least four out of 36 Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) in Kwania district have finally received Shs 30 million each under the Presidential Initiative…
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