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Deo Nsereko, former Cooperative Bank boss and senior cooperator dead
KAMPALA, September 18, 2023 – The former board chairman of the defunct Cooperative Bank, Deo Nsereko is dead, according to Milly Babalanda, the Minister for the Presidency. According to Babalanda, Nsereko who…
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Uganda’s coffee exports surge in August 2023
KAMAPALA, September 18, 2023 – Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2023, the highest ever, hit 743,517 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 121.64 million, a rise of 48.19 percent and 70.73 percent in quantity…
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PDM money is being spent on marriages and household items, says Ofwono
KAMPALA, September 16, 2023 – Some of the Ugandans who received the money under the Parish Development Model [PDM] are spending it on marriages and household items like mattresses, and food, according…
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Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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Govt hands over Tochi Irrigation Scheme to Oyam farmers
OYAM, September 11, 2023 – The Ministry of Water and Environment has handed over Tochi Irrigation scheme in Acaba Sub-county in Oyam district to farmers under Tochi Irrigation Cooperative Society to enhance…
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Trade committee begins probe into cooperatives over war loss money
JINJA, September 6, 2023 – Parliament’s Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry has commenced investigations into the alleged mismanagement of government funds released to cooperative societies/unions. The investigation was ordered by Speaker…
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Cooperatives Registrar Robert Barigye Arrested as War Loss Compensation Money begins to bite!
KAMPALA, September 6, 2023 – The Internal Security Organisation [ISO] and the State House Anti-Corruption Unit [SHACU] have begun hunting for officials in the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] who…
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IFAD, Stanbic Bank partner to cut Uganda money transfer costs by half
ROME– The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development y [ IFAD ] and Stanbic Bank Uganda [SBU] today announced a partnership that will cut the cost incurred by Ugandan migrant workers sending…
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MPs to probe cooperative unions over war reparations
KAMPALA – The Members of Parliament on the Committee of Tourism, Trade, and Industry will effective Monday next week begin investigating cooperative unions to ascertain whether the money they received as compensation…
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Seven-year jail sentence for vets causing death to animals
KAMPALA – Veterinary practitioners whose licences are revoked but continue to practice and in the process cause death to animals or humans face a seven-year jail sentence, or fine of Shs 10…
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