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Teacher arrested for impersonating cooperatives’ officials
Police in Mbarara yesterday morning arrested a secondary school teacher for allegedly ripping off a number of cooperatives around Mbarara City. Julius Twinomugisha, a teacher at St. Victor Secondary School in Buhweju…
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More Acoli farmers embrace commercial coffee farming
Small holder farmers in Acoli sub region are joining commercial coffee growing, to fight poverty and secure their future. Coffee was introduced in the region in 1999 as an alternative perennial crop…
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Economy on recovery path from COVID-19 impacts
Corti Paul Lakuma, a Policy Analyst and Researcher with Makerere based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has expressed faith that Uganda’s economy is beginning to recover from the effects of the COVID-19…
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Kabale SACCO registers 10% increase in savings during lockdown
While several SACCOs around the country suffered serious setbacks during the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Lyamujungu Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) in Kabale registered a 10% increase in savings, according to Dick…
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Seed Policy to stimulate agricultural sector growth
Absence of regulation to guide the promotion of good quality seed has long afflicted the agricultural sector, a loophole that some seed companies have in the past exploited to supply fake seeds…
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Atiak sugar factory hungry for cane as production kicks off
Barely two weeks after the long awaited sugar production at Atiak Sugar factory in Amuru district kicked off, the factory is already facing a supply shortage of sugar cane. According to Amina…
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Meet Jane Baganda, the HR boss who quit office job for livestock farming
Six years after Jane Baganda, a former Human Resource Officer, quit her desk job for life as a farmer, she says she has no regrets. In her former life, Baganda, a resident…
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Amudat gold miners call for training on savings
A group of gold miners in Chepkararat village Karita Sub County in Amudat district have called upon the government and the financial institutes to train them on how to save the money…
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COVID-19 disrupted agricultural extension services, farmer productivity- study
The Country Director for Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), Dr. Roselline Nyamutale has expressed fears that the COVID-19 global pandemic has significantly impacted the agricultural sector, causing irreparable losses to farmers arising from…
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Bunyoro residents urged to form SACCOs to benefit from Emyooga
The State Minister for Micro Finance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, has urged the people of Bunyoro to join SACCOs if they are to benefit from the Presidential Cluster Initiative on wealth and job…
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