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Cooperators attend TUI’s Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Camp 2022, urged to create wealth
KAMPALA– About 40 youth from several cooperatives on the Coop360° Network are attending a four-day annual Kyoto Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Camp 2022, organised by The Uhuru Institute for Social Development [TUI].…
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Post Bank posts 15.8 percent growth in gross profit
KAMPALA – As Post Bank continues to celebrate the milestone of getting a Tier One License from Bank of Uganda [BoU] to operate as a fully-fledged commercial bank, latest financial statistics show the…
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Premier urges the public to plant palm trees to increase palm oil production
KABAROLE – The Ugandan Prime Minister Robbinah Nabbanja has urged the general public to plant more palm trees to increase on the production of palm oil in the country. Nabbanja said prices…
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Lira LC5 turns down minister’s letter to suspend land board
LIRA -The Lira district LC5 Chairperson, Richard Cox Okello Orik has turned down a directive by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba to suspend six members of the…
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Kiruhura farmers fear for their animals over invasion of African armyworms
MBARARA – African armyworms that have terribly affected districts of Bukedea, Luwero and Namutumba have so far crossed to western Uganda in Kiruhura district where the insects have eaten all the animal…
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Rwandan Sandra Uwera now global CEO of Fairtrade International
BONN – Fairtrade International, the global label for social justice and sustainability, has appointed Rwandan Sandra Uwera as its global Chief Executive Officer [CEO]. Ms Uwera succeeds Dr Nyagoy Nyong’o, who served as…
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Kikuube district officer arrested over misuse of co-operators’ assets
KIKUUBE – The State House Anti-Corruption Unit [ACU] in liaison with the Uganda Police has arrested the Kikuube district labour officer, Arthur Mpuuga, who doubles as the chairperson of Bunyoro Tulihamu Cooperative…
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Acholi leaders applaud Uganda Breweries for supporting commercial agriculture
GULU – Leaders from Acholi sub region have applauded Uganda Breweries Limited [UBL] for supporting commercial agriculture in northern Uganda. The company officials were on Friday in Gulu at Ker Kwaro Acholi…
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Allow the youth to drive Vision 2040, say population and economic experts
NATIONAL – Population, economic experts and civil society activists have warned that for Uganda to harness her demographic dividend and achieve aspirations of attaining upper middle-income status by 2040, the government must…
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Luo communities form coalition to fight poverty
GULU – The Luo speaking communities in the different parts of Uganda have formed a coalition to fight poverty and improve livelihoods of the vulnerable communities across the country. The coalition which…
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