Financial
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Museveni commends cooperatives, talks of re-establishing Cooperative Bank
SHEEMA – President Yoweri Museveni has appreciated the role of cooperatives in the development of Uganda especially in working to move farmers from subsistence to the money economy through commercialisation of agriculture…
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With a billion members worldwide, cooperatives are a force to reckon with
KAMPALA-The cooperative movement is made up of over three million cooperatives with approximately one billion members worldwide from all sectors and regions, according to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA]. As cooperatives are…
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Over 300 Emyooga SACCOs in Masaka to get extra Shs 20mln each
MASAKA- At least 300 best-performing Emyooga Saccos in the Greater Masaka region have been selected to benefit from the additional seed capital of Shs 20 million each from the government. This was…
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Co-operators challenged on mind-set change, saving culture
MBARARA– As Uganda joins the rest of the countries to celebrate the International Day of Cooperative, State Minister for Cooperatives- Fredrick Ngobi Gume has encouraged co-operators in the country to save if…
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Masindi residents decry poor extension services
MASINDI– Residents of Masindi district are dissatisfied with the inadequate extension services rendered by different officers of the district local government. The residents expressed their concerns on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting…
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Lii Subcounty to spend Shs 14mln on elephants
NWOYA– Lii Sub County in Nwoya district is to spend Shs 14 million on maintaining trenches dug earlier to prevent wild animals, especially elephants from Murchison Falls National Game Park from crossing…
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MPs to review CCTV footage, telephone printouts in Shs 2bln land scandal
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament are seeking to review CCTV footage and telephone printouts to establish whether there was a land transaction involving a law firm, Lubega & Buzibira Co. Advocates, their client…
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Xcalibur Foundation, MTN Uganda launch sports academy
KAMPALA– Xcalibur Foundation, in collaboration with MTN Uganda, have launched the MTN Naguru Social Sports Academy at Naguru Katali Primary School in Naguru, Kampala. The project targets an initial group of 160…
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URA introduces new mechanisms to collect more taxes
FORT PORTAL– In a bid to beat the target of collecting Shs 25 trillion in the next financial year 2022/23, Uganda Revenue Authority [URA] has introduced new mechanisms meant to get more…
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Apac: Minister Amongi orders arrest of civil servants over extortion
APAC- The Minster of Gender Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, has ordered police to arrest civil servants in Apac district for allegedly extorting money groups in order to consider them for…
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