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Benefiting from gov’t programmes: Bunyoro musicians advised to unite
MASINDI – Musicians in Bunyoro sub-region under their umbrella organisation, Allied Association of Bunyoro Entertainment Professionals [ABEP] have been urged to unite if they are to benefit from government programmes. The musicians…
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Ghost vendors: Minister Magyezi halts allocation of lock-ups in new Mbarara market
MBARARA – The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has stopped resettling vendors in the newly constructed Mbarara Central Market, following complaints of unfairness and corruption exhibited by the leaders. This comes…
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Oulanyah supported co-operatives – DP’s Norbert Mao
OMORO – The President General of the Democratic Party [DP], Norbert Mao, has said the late Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Jacob Oulanyah, supported co-operatives as well as other enterprises in the…
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India cautions people not to deposit funds with three Sahara co-operatives
NEW DELHI – India’s Ministry of Cooperation has asked depositors to be aware of a Delhi High Court judgment, whereby the court has asked three co-operatives (co-ops) under the Sahara group not…
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Members flee Kigarama People’s SACCO over leadership squabbles
SHEEMA – A section of former members of Kigarama People’s SACCO have officially left their once historical financial institution over leadership wrangles. Located in Kanyeganyege Town Council, Sheema North Constituency, Kigarama People’s…
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ICO members receive draft of new International Coffee Agreement
KAMPALA – The 132nd (virtual) Session of the International Coffee Council concluded on April 2021 following a week of associated meetings of the Committees of the Organisation, with the committees holding meetings to…
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Global coffee exports decline, as Uganda takes blame for Africa’s low figures
KAMPALA – Global exports of green beans of coffee in February 2022 declined, totaling 9.88 million (mln) bags, compared with 10.24 mln bags exported in the same month of the previous year,…
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Kenyan coffee farmers fetch Kshs 105.1 million
KERICHO – 9582 smallholder coffee farmers under Kipkelion District Co-operative Union Ltd (KDCU) in Kericho days ago received payment amounting to Kshs 105.1 million for the sale of 134.4 metric tonnes of…
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Minister Magezi commissions New Mbarara central market, RCC warns ghost vendors
MBARARA – Mbarara City has officially allowed vendors to occupy the central market that has been undergoing construction since 2018. According to Mayor Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, it was on 1st July 2017…
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ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project empowers Nigeria’s cocoa cooperatives
LAGOS– In Nigeria, the ILO’s ACCEL Africa Project is working with a network comprising field trainers, managers of cooperative unions, members of cocoa farmers’ cooperative society and other supporting organizations in the…
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