Development
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1500 cattle keepers stranded after agricultural company bans grazing on Maruzi ranch
More than 1500 cattle keepers surrounding Maruzi Ranch in Apac district are stranded following an order by the proprietor of Hill Side Agricultural Investment Limited stopping them from grazing their livestock on…
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Aduku Tipper drivers protest relocation to designated taxi park
Over 80 Tipper drivers in Aduku Town Council, Kwania district are protesting against a proposal by town authorities to relocate them to the town’s newly gazetted Taxi and Bus Park. During an…
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Lango Cooperative Union to revamp 144 primary societies
Lango Cooperative Union leaders have resolved to strengthen the 144 primary societies under the Union, after receiving a 2bn cash injection from the government. The Union, which was founded in 1952, comprised…
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FOWODE trains 800 women entrepreneurs in basic business skills
Over 800 small scale business women in Gulu district have benefited from basic business skills training from the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a women’s national non-partisan organization. The women, who…
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Cooperatives can aid women economic recovery – Experts
Cooperatives can help deliver the country’s socio-economic goals in a post-COVID-19 world, enhance resilience and promote women’s inclusion in government’s economic recovery programs, experts believe. According to Monica Emiru Enyou, the Executive…
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Munaku Kaama SACCO tipped on mechanisms to mobilize savings, recover loans
As many cooperatives across the country continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of mobilization of members’ savings and recovery of loans, cooperators have been tipped on member-centered strategies they can…
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West Nile veterans to benefit from Shs 150m UN Women funds
Eight active veterans’ SACCO groups in West Nile are set to benefit from Shs 150m under the United Nations Women Funds (UNWF). According to Mike Mabonga Wambi, Commissioner Rehabilitation, Psycho-social Support and…
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Mbarara women receive training in meat processing
Women in Mbarara City have been equipped with skills in meat processing as part of efforts to encourage value addition to animal products in Western Uganda. According to Fred Kimbareba, the South…
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Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society launches saving scheme
Members of Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Bwijanga Sub County, Masindi, have launched a saving scheme which they hope will help them to boost their income. Speaking at the scheme’s launch,…
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Mbarara industrial park nears completion, locals tipped to utilize the modern facility
As Mbarara City and its neighboring districts warm up to receive a state-of-the-art industrial park, locals have been tipped to make the most of the soon-to-be-completed facility to improve their economic fortunes.…
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