Cooperatives & Communities
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Cooperative slashes fees to attract new members
To shore up its numbers, Lira Diocese Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited has slashed its membership fee from Shs 50,000 to Shs 30,000 to encourage registration of new members with minimal fees. In…
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Hoima leaders locked in fight over cooperative union
Even before it gets off the paper, a plan by businessman Abdu Mariki Mugisa to form Bunyoro farmer’s Cooperative has drawn strong opposition largely from leaders in the western district of Hoima…
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Aninolal SACCO gets farm inputs from UK-based Lango Association
177 members of Aninolal Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO), Kwania district, have received farm inputs from Lango Association Living in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Global Support Development Initiative,…
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Masindi Teachers’ SACCO grapples with 40% account dormancy
Masindi Teachers’ SACCO is facing a challenge of 237 dormant accounts (close to 40% of the total), a situation the SACCO’s Chairperson says affects them significantly. Isaac Mugaanzi, the Board Chairperson for…
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Apac: Shs 40 bn Aquaculture Project stalls over land row
The construction of dams in Apac district under the Aquaculture project has stalled, and the site been abandoned by contractors as locals bicker over land compensation, theCooperator has learned. In 2018, residents…
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Kwania district to train Emyooga beneficiaries
District officials in Kwania district have pledged to offer some training in financial management to beneficiaries of the recently released Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation (Emyooga) funds. After a long…
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Kabale dairy co-operators advised to embrace improved breeds, strengthen primary societies
Rwampara District Commercial Officer (DCO), Amon Mutabarura, has called on co-operators in the dairy sector to invest in improved breeds of cattle that guarantee higher quantities of milk if they are to…
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Lira DCO, four others remanded for forgery of SACCO documents
Court has remanded Lira District Commercial Officer (DCO), Josephine Alobo, and four others to jail for alleged forgery of SACCO documents contrary to section 34 of the Penal Code Act. Alobo appeared…
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Market vendors tipped on SACCO formation
Hoima oil-City authorities have challenged vendors operating in different markets in the area to form Saving and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) as one way of improving their economic status. This call was…
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UNFFE, Bunyoro kingdom partner to promote modern farming
Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) to promote farming and conservation. The MoU was signed by the Kingdom Prime Minister Owek, Andrew…
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