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Money lenders in Lira City arrested over retaining clients’ national IDs as collateral
LIRA CITY, August 6, 2024 – Police in Lira City West Division have arrested three money lenders in Lira City for allegedly keeping the national identity cards [IDs] of their clients as…
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WOCCU to boost credit union business lending in Ukraine through USAID GROW Project
MADISON, Wis., August 6, 2024 — The World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ] will continue its work to strengthen credit unions in Ukraine by helping them provide more business lending…
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Global annual coffee exports up 3. 8 percent
KAMPALA, August 6, 2024 – Global green bean exports in June 2024 totalled 9.78 million bags, as compared with 9.43mln bags exported in the same month of the previous year, up 3.8…
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Masindi village chairpersons want to benefit from PDM
MASINDI, August 6, 2024 – Local Council One chairpersons in Masindi district say they should also benefit from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ], a government initiative launched in February 2022,…
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Kikuube: Lands ministry to process 20,000 land titles for locals
KIKUUBE, August 6, 2024 – Government through the Lands ministry intends to process and issue 20,000 land titles to small landowners in Kikuube district. The ministry officials led by team leader Joyce…
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Nine mini hydroelectric dams to boost rural access to electricity in the offing
KAMPALA, August 5, 2924 – The Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company [UECCC] celebrated a major milestone in rural electrification by signing the Electromechanical Works Contract for the ORIO mini hydropower project at…
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EAC One Network Area expands with entry of Burundi
KAMPALA, August 5, 2024 – East African Community [EAC] One Network Area [ONA] has expanded with the entry of the Republic of Burundi effective August 1, 2024. In a communiqué to the…
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Zambia agribusiness SME Accelerator launches second cohort to boost climate action
LUSAKA, August 5, 2024 – The second cohort of an Accelerator program for small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in the agribusiness sector launched recently in Lusaka, Zambia. This Accelerator will deliver climate-smart…
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MABARARA CITY: SACCO meeting adjourned over failure to raise quorum
MBARARA CITY, August 5, 2024 – A special general meeting for the Mbarara Central Market Vendors’ SACCO that had been scheduled to take place last Friday flopped following a low turnout of…
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Health ministry confirms two cases of imported Mpox in Uganda
KASESE, August 5, 2024 – The Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of Monkeypox [Mpox] in Kasese district which were imported from the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. According to…
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