Cooperatives & Communities
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Electricity shortage crippling Zombo Coffee Cooperative
Over 70 women Cooperators in Zombo District are out of work after their Cooperative’s coffee processing plant ceased operations due to lack of electricity. The women – members of Okoro Coffee Cooperative,…
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Makindye Boda Boda Cooperative Shakes off Leadership Woes to Uplift Members
Kampala, Uganda: A boda boda (commercial motorcycle) cooperative in Makindye, a city suburb, has shaken itself off leadership woes to put a smile on faces of members. Members of the Kampala Civil…
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Masaka Elders’ Cooperative on the Brink After Shs170m Goes Missing
Masaka Elders Cooperative Saving and Credit Society has been warned it could wind up if the management and financial woes that has dogged it since 2015 is not resolved. At stake is…
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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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