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Bishop who embezzled USD9m belonging to Kenyan SACCO to Lose Property
NAIROBI, Kenya: Authorities on Thursday ordered Kiambu politician and county official David Kariuki Ngare’s assets seized to recover Sh1 billion he allegedly illegally withdrew from Ekeza Sacco to fund his lifestyle. An…
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Kenyan SACCO protest Increased Tax on Member Dividends
Embu, Kenya: Members of the cooperative movement in Embu County, in Kenya, have raised concern that increasing tax on member dividends could hurt Saccos and the saving culture in the country. The…
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Dry season hits Hoima Coffee farmers hard
Coffee farmers in Hoima are struggling to cope with the dry season as most of the farmers had just planted coffee distributed to them by Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA and under operation…
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African Development Bank starts feasibility studies on electricity cooperatives
ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOURE: The African Development Bank has kicked off a feasibility study to explore the potential of electricity cooperative business models in Nigeria and Ethiopia. The effort is part of the…
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Annual Africa Shared Value Summit to be held in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya, This year’s Africa Shared Value Summit will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 23rd and 24th of May 2019 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Among the keynote speakers, this…
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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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Busia And Ugandan Traders In Row Over Customers
A row over customers is shimmering at the border in Busia between Ugandan traders, along the custom road and the Kenyan women brokers. Traders accuse Kenyan women brokers of sabotaging their businesses…
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Coffee Farmers in Mityana celebrate price hike
MITYANA, Uganda: Coffee farmers in Mityana under the Wamala Growers Cooperative Union are smiling following a slight increase of the coffee prices due to shortage this season. Scores of farmers who spoke…
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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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