Cooperatives & Communities
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Kasese health workers form SACCO for financial empowerment
KASESE, November 7, 2023 – Health workers in Kasese district have formed a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO], saying it will empower them financially. The members said their new SACCO which…
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Ghana cooperative credit unions call for tax exemptions
ACCRA, November 7, 2023 – The Ghana Co-operative Credit Unions Association Limited is appealing to government to seriously consider exempting its members from paying taxes, according to local news website, Graphic Online.…
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Low prices of sunflower frustrate farmers
KWANIA, November 6, 29023 – Members of Abapiri Oil Seed Cooperative Society in Abapiri parish, Chawente Sub-county in Kwania district are frustrated because of the low prices being offered for their sunflower.…
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Global coffee exports drop 11.6 percent in September 2023
KAMPALA, November 6, 2023 – Global green bean exports in September 2023 were 7.8 million bags, as compared with 8.83mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 11.6 percent,…
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Bulgaria, Argentina to exchange cooperative experience
SOFIA, November 2, 2023 – Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Alexander Yotsev days ago held a meeting with the Agriculture Secretary of the Argentine province of La Rioja Ernesto Perez,…
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MPs irked as prime police land is leased to Kampala car dealers
KAMPALA, October 2, 2023 – Members of Parliament have criticised the manner in which the Uganda Police Force [UPF] land leased to foreign entities is being utilised, stating that the entities breached…
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Don’t misuse PDM money, Bishop Olwa urges beneficiaries
ALEBTONG, November 2, 2023 – The Bishop of Lango Diocese, Prof Alfred Olwa has advised the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Alebtong district not to spend the money received…
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TZ SACCOs urged to join national union
MWANZA, October 2, 2023 – Mwanza Regional Administrative Secretary, Elikana Balandya has called on Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] to join the Union of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Tanzania…
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Minister Kasolo urged residents of Kumi to embrace govt programmes
KUMI, November 1, 2023 – The Minister of State for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune, has asked people in Kumi district to embrace government programmes aimed at improving household incomes and livelihoods. “All…
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Fish maw traders petition parliament over taxes
KAMPALA, November 1, 2023 – Fish maw traders have petitioned Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries crying they are being charged excessive taxes. Particularly, the traders are protesting the eight…
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