Cooperatives & Communities
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Microfinance Regulator Boss Warns Money Lenders Against Violating Client’s Privacy
The newly appointed Executive Director of Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority has warned money lenders against demanding for national identity cards, bank ATM and passport as security for loans. Edith Namugga Tusuubira says…
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Kabaka Reinforces Buganda Kingdom’s Unfaltering Cooperative Ideology
The unfaltering effort of the Buganda Kingdom to push for cooperatives as the engine for development of the country came to fore yet again yesterday when Kabaka Ronald Mwenda Mutebi II asked…
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Kikooba United Cooperative tipped on skills development, value addition.
Kiryadongo, Uganda: Over 80 cooperators from Kiryadongo district have been tipped on skills development and value addition, as a way of creating and generating wealth. The training, mainly of members from the…
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Government reaffirms commitment to supporting Cooperatives
WAKISO, Uganda: Government is committed to ensuring that Cooperatives are revamped to its former glory, President Yoweri Museveni has reaffirmed. In a speech read on his behalf by the 3rd Deputy Prime…
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President urged to assent to Cooperative Amendment Bill 2016 as nation gears-up for International Coop Day
KAMPALA, Uganda: This year’s Cooperative Week Celebrations have been launched with a call for immediate assenting to the Cooperative Amendment Bill 2016 by the President. The week long event was launched by…
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International Cooperative Alliance and International Labour Organization reaffirm commitment to inclusive, sustainable development through co-ops
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reaffirmed their century-long friendship and commitment to elevating cooperative enterprise by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding on Monday. The document states…
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New rules to protect Kenyan SACCO members
Kenya is working on new rules to tame deposit-taking SACCOs (DT-SACCOs) that fleece members through inflated charges, delays in reimbursement of deposits, and “reckless” lending and debt collection. This comes amid concerns…
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Transport Paralyzed As Kangema Matatu SACCOs Strike
Commuters using Kangema-Murang’a town road were on Monday left stranded after local matatu SACCOs staged a demonstration. Four SACCOs which ply the road were protesting what they termed as intrusion of their…
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You must pay taxes, Kisumu boda boda riders told
Nobody will be exempted from paying tax, Kisumu county government has said as the standoff with boda boda riders escalated. The county government, which is embroiled in a dispute with the riders…
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City Hall freezes licensing of new matatu saccos in the CBD
Nairobi County government has frozen approval of new matatu saccos to operate in the city centre in a move aimed at decongesting the capital city. The county government wrote to the National…
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