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Chinese Agency Boosts Budaka Rice Coop with Equipment
Budaka. Idudi Rice Farmers Cooperative Society has received an assortment of farm equipment, worth millions of shillings, from South to South Cooperation (SSC) a Chinese organisation. The donation was handed over to…
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Sebei Coop Farmers Frustrated by Erratic Weather
Kapchorwa: Extremely hot to rainy weather has meant prolonged delays of planting for farmers from the Sebei sub-region and yet the new season is already witnessing excessive rains. In his 30 years…
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Uganda and Kenyan authorities to cooperate in new defense, trade agreement
Ugandan and Kenyan traders will be the biggest beneficiaries after their two countries yesterday signed a raft of agreements meant to ease trade, cement political ties and improve their social/cultural connections. The…
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Safaricom to launch M-Pesa in Ethiopia in September
Nairobi, Kenya: Growing a business might be about focusing on one thing, but also taking things to the next level. Safaricom PLC, the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, and one of the most…
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Fresh foods prices hike due to drought
Tomatoes are selling like a hot cake in the fresh food market in Busia town. A box of tomatoes has increased to shillings 500,000 from shillings 100,000 in the last four months.…
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Districts can use cooperatives to end unemployment
Local governments have been advised to grow cooperatives in an effort aimed at solving the ever-increasing youth unemployment problem. Youth unemployment is the main challenge districts are grappling with to productively engage…
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Farmers bar politicians from joining SACCO
A recently formed farmers Sacco has barred political leaders and others harboring political ambitions from joining their organization. The farmers’ decision is premised on the fear that politicians like owning everything and…
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Start small and Stop lamenting about government
Ugandans have been advised to stop whining about marginalisation and wean themselves off let the government help us syndrome. While on his routine mobilisation on operation wealth creation, Paul Kalikwani the deputy…
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Busia Gold Miners asked to cooperate
Gold miners in Busia district have been asked to form savings and credit cooperative societies to enable them to benefit from efforts to institutionalize the sub-sector. The district chairman Geoffrey Wandera said…
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Bududa elderly venture into coffee production
The Bududa district older persons Sacco is venturing in coffee production to rip from increased coffee price, set as a result of rivalry between Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) and a German company.…
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