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Police raid home of former President Obote over illegal wildlife trade
APAC– Police in Apac district have raided the home of former President Milton Obote over illegal wildlife trafficking and trade. A joint security operation by the Uganda Police, Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA],…
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PDM: Minister Engola calls for bylaw on alcohol consumption
OYAM-State minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Okello Engola has called upon local leaders in the Lango Sub-region to ban the sale of alcohol during working hours so that people…
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Robust reforms have revitalized co-operative sector in Kenya- President Kenyatta
NAIROBI-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has attributed the rapid growth of the cooperative sector in his country to the policy reforms the government has implemented since 2013. The President noted that the reforms…
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Emyooga SACCOs to turn into cooperatives
KABALE– At least 25 Emyooga Savings and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] in Kigezi Sub-region are set to be transformed into cooperatives, having grown tremendously since their establishment about two years ago. The Emyooga…
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Museveni commends cooperatives, talks of re-establishing Cooperative Bank
SHEEMA – President Yoweri Museveni has appreciated the role of cooperatives in the development of Uganda especially in working to move farmers from subsistence to the money economy through commercialisation of agriculture…
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Cooperative official urges govt of Nigeria on collaboration
ABUJA– As the world marks 2022 International Cooperative Day today [Saturday], the President of Cooperative Federation of Nigeria [CFN] and International Cooperative Alliance-Africa, Chief Oriyomi Ayeola has called on Federal and state…
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With a billion members worldwide, cooperatives are a force to reckon with
KAMPALA-The cooperative movement is made up of over three million cooperatives with approximately one billion members worldwide from all sectors and regions, according to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA]. As cooperatives are…
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Kikuube district councilor who attacked minister Byamukama jailed
KIKUUBE– Nestole Tumwesigye, the Kikuube district councilor for Kyangwali Sub-county, who attacked the state Minister for Works, Fred Byamukama, has been charged with two counts of; threatening violence and inciting violence. He…
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Over 300 Emyooga SACCOs in Masaka to get extra Shs 20mln each
MASAKA- At least 300 best-performing Emyooga Saccos in the Greater Masaka region have been selected to benefit from the additional seed capital of Shs 20 million each from the government. This was…
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Co-operators challenged on mind-set change, saving culture
MBARARA– As Uganda joins the rest of the countries to celebrate the International Day of Cooperative, State Minister for Cooperatives- Fredrick Ngobi Gume has encouraged co-operators in the country to save if…
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