Cooperatives & Communities
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Cooperatives set to borrow at 8% interest
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government is set to help Cooperatives and individuals grouped under Savings AND Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) access credit at low interest rates, the Cooperator News can reveal. Addressing the NRM’s…
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Teso Tropical Fruit Cooperative Union has capacity to Meet Soroti Fruit Factory’s Demand
SOROTI, UGANDA: Teso Tropical Fruit Growers Cooperative Union (TETFGCU) have the capacity to produce the fruits needed to run the just commissioned Soroti Fruit Factory, if the existing challenges are addressed, their…
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Women Urged to Join Cooperatives, call for more inclusion in Leadership.
ARUA, UGANDA: Women in Arua District have been urged to join cooperatives if they’re to attain finacial literacy and independence. Presiding over the District Women’s Day celebrations at Oluko Sub-County, Arua…
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West Nile Growers Cooperative Union impounds 10 trucks over shs7.5b debt
By Patrick Jaramogi ARUA, UGANDA: A while back, we reported in these pages how West Nile Growers Cooperative Union had made a bumper harvest from tobacco growing. 4 months later, it has…
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10 Months later, Abiriga SACCO Yet to receive Shs.50 million Presidential Pledge
While addressing mourners at the burial of slain Arua municipality Member of Parliament (MP) Ibrahim Abiriga on the 11th of June 2019 at Rhino camp sub county in Arua District, President Yoweri…
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Democracy Powering the Growth of Makindye based KCCBT Boda-Boda Cooperative
Kampala, Uganda: Kampala Civic Center Boda Boda Transporters Cooperative (KCCBT) has got new office bearers. The cyclists cooperative held elections for its members at a colorful Annual General Meeting( AGM) held at…
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Wazalendo builds loan insurance fund to protect members’ money
Lugazi, Uganda: The UPDF’s Wazalendo SACCO has started a Loan Protection Fund that will be used to hedge against the risks that come with loan defaults. The Loan Protection Fund will be…
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East Acholi Cooperative Union Secretary Manager Suspended!
KITGUM, Uganda: The Secretary Manager East Acholi Cooperative Union, in Kitgum, has been suspended from his job, the Cooperator News can exclusively reveal. The Cooperator has established that Okumu Okello Boaz was…
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Boda-bodas told to form Sacco
In an effort aimed at bringing sanity in the boda-boda sector, riders in Busia district have been urged to form savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs). David Joggo Mwiria the community liaison officer…
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Experts urge Dairy farmers to join cooperatives
With Uganda’s estimate of milk production in the next five years being ten billion liters annually, experts have recommended that cooperatives be supported, so as to strengthen more capacity for milk production.…
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