Eastern
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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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Busia Sacco leaders reject Museveni’s Maize Mill
Leaders of Busia district local government youth SACO have rejected a maize mill donated by President Yoweri Museveni saying it is substandard. The mill yet to be handed over to the beneficiaries…
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Opapero Egangakinos Bonik Sacco Offers Low Interest Rates On Loans to members
Opapero Egangakinos Bonik Saving and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco) in Katakwi district continues to assist members of the community by leading loans at the lowest interest rate to enhance savings and financial…
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How Cooperatives Have Transformed Busia Teachers
Busia Walimu development cooperative limited is still servicing it’s commencement, from the shillings one hundred million two years loan from Walimu Union SACCO, but the beneficiaries walk with their heads high. Given…
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Local Leaders Eye Increased Coffee Production, Join Cooperatives
Sub-county chairpersons in Busia district have formed a cooperative to engage in coffee production and processing. The Busia District Lower Local Leaders Cooperative Society Limited has already been registered and issued with…
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