Cooperatives & Communities
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Gov’t halts illegal gold mining operations in Kanungu, pledges to help artisans form cooperative
KANUNGU, July 3, 2026 — The Government has suspended all illegal gold mining activities in Kyayugwe Subcounty, Kanungu district, as it moves to regulate artisanal mining and ensure compliance with Uganda’s mining…
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Cooperatives urged to champion peace as world marks International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 3, 2026 – The President of the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA], Ariel Guarco, has called on cooperative members across the world to strengthen their role in promoting peace, solidarity and…
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Trade ministry challenges Walimu Cooperative Union to revamp primary cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 3, 2026 — Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] has tasked the Walimu Cooperative Union with reviving all dormant teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] across the…
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Kapchorwa: PDM SACCO Holds Inaugural SGM to Elect Vetting Committee
KAPCHORWA, July 3, 2026 – The Kaptono Parish Development Model Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [Kaptono PDM SACCO] on Tuesday held its first-ever Special General Meeting [SGM] to elect a vetting committee…
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Stanbic cuts lending rate for agricultural cooperatives to 10 percent
KAMPALA, July 2, 2026 — Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd has reduced its lending rate for all agricultural cooperatives to 10 percent in a bid to expand financial inclusion, particularly among women, young…
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Kitgum coffee cooperative targets 140,000 seedlings annually
KITGUM, July 1, 2026 — Mucwini Coffee Growers’ Co-operative Society Limited in Kitgum district, Northern Uganda, is transforming coffee seedling scarcity into surplus, with an ambitious target of producing 140,000 seedlings annually…
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Farmers in Tooro inspired to form cooperative for improved production and market access
FORT PORTAL CITY, July 1, 2026 — Coffee farmers in Tooro Kingdom have resolved to form a cooperative union aimed at increasing production, strengthening bargaining power and improving collective access to markets.…
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SHACU launches probe into UCA asset fraud after Museveni orders recovery of stolen properties
MBARARA CITY, June 30, 2026 – President Yoweri Museveni is said to have directed the State House Anti-Corruption Unit [SHACU] to investigate the alleged fraudulent disposal of real estate assets belonging to…
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MSMEs Day: in The Gambia, women farmers turn post-harvest losses into value added products and increase their incomes
BANJUL, June 30, 2026 — In rural Gambia, smallholder women farmers like Kumba Jallow face a tough reality: they work hard to grow food, yet a significant share of their harvest never…
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Extortion affecting implementation of PDM programme in Bunyoro, regional meeting hears
HOIMA, June 29, 2026 — Some of the intended beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the Bunyoro Sub-region are reportedly missing out on programme funds due to extortion by some…
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