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US$1mln boost for programme to drive racial equity in credit unions
NEW YORK – Cuna Mutual Group Foundation has committed to invest US$1m in a fund to build equity in credit unions led by or serving people of colour, according to thenews.coop. The money…
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Preparations to mark International Day of Cooperatives in high gear
KAMPALA– Cooperatives around the world will on July 2, 2022, celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay). A decade on from the UN International Year of Cooperatives, which showcased the unique…
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Soroti PWDs to receive Shs 50m from the National Special Grant
SOROTI – Soroti persons with disabilities [PwDs] will for the first time receive Shs 50 million from the National Special Grant [NSG], says Minister of State for Disability Affairs, Hellen Grace Asamo. …
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Farmers in Teso and Lango reaping big from Value Addition Project
SOROTI– Farmers in Teso and Lango sub-regions are testifying to improved livelihood and nutrition wellbeing. This is resulting from value addition equipment that Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU] under Building Resilience…
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MPs, minister clash over proposal to extend tax holiday for power company
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has started understudying the new Tax Bills for the Financial Year 2022/2023, with the legislators questioning government’s proposal to exempt Bujagali Power…
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Pader district farmers get ox-ploughs to boost production
PADER – Hundreds of farmers from various sub counties in Pader district have received ox-ploughs to boost their farming. The 180 ox-ploughs were distributed by Country Side Harvester, a farmer-led organisation to…
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Uganda Police, Mbarara hospital to ink health emergency deal
MBARARA– The Uganda Police administrators are in preparation to enter a Memorandum of Understanding with Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) to handle emergency cases of their cops in the Western region. According…
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Progress in LDCs stalled by multiple crises-ILO
NEW YORK – Economic and social progress in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have been slowed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the continuing energy and food crises. According to…
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NSSF total assets shoot up 15.3 percent in March 2022
KAMPALA– The National Social Security Fund [NSSF] issued a transparency statement showing that its total assets as at March 31, 2022 increased by 15.3 percent to about Shs 16.86 trillion from Shs…
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Muslims in Uganda urged to form SACCOs
KAMPALA– Muslims in Uganda have been advised to form Saving and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] if they are to benefit from government’s poverty eradication programmes such as Emyooga and Parish Development Model [PDM].…
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