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Teso Emyooga team launches drive to recover loans from defaulters
SOROTI, December 29, 2025 — The Teso Emyooga team has launched a campaign aimed at recovering loans from beneficiaries who have defaulted, in a bid to enhance accountability and ensure effective utilisation…
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Politics: Gov’t sets Shs 125,000 minimum cane price to protect Busoga farmers
KAMPALA, December 24, 2025 — Government has intervened in the sugarcane sector, directing millers to pay a minimum of Shs125,000 per tonne following complaints from out-growers over persistently low prices offered by…
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WOCCU White Paper: Alternative Identification Methods Are Driving Financial Inclusion Globally
MADISON, Wis., December 24, 2025 —World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ] International Advocacy today released Understanding How Credit Unions Are Using Alternative Identification Methods Globally, a new white paper that…
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India: New coop policy focuses on digital, multi-activity role for cooperatives
NEW DELHI, December 22, 2025 — The Indian Government has outlined the scope and implementation of the National Cooperative Policy, 2025 Parliament, stating that the policy aims to strengthen democratic functioning, transparency…
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Minister Barugahara attracts mixed reactions on X after decrying low cane prices in Busoga
KAMPALA, December 18, 2025 — The State Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, has attracted mixed reactions on social media platform X [formally Twitter], after expressing concern over the…
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Registrar rejects BKCU leaders’ bid to relocate crucial meeting to Mbarara
MBARARA CITY, December 18, 2025 – The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Robert Bariyo Barigye, has rejected a request by the leadership of the Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union Limited [BKCU] to change the…
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Nebbi traders demand compensation over stalled bus and taxi park project
NEBBI, December 18, 2025 — More than 100 local traders involved in a public–private partnership [PPP] agreement with Nebbi Municipal Council are demanding compensation over the stalled construction of the Nebbi taxi…
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Parliament recalled to consider another Shs 2.2trn in loan requests
KAMPALA, December 16, 2025 — Parliament has been recalled from recess to consider loan requests amounting to about Shs 2.2 trillion and to receive the 2026/27 National Budget Framework Paper [NBFP], signalling…
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Masindi politicians fall prey to cyber harassment, call for urgent digital literacy
MASINDI, December 16, 2025 — Politicians in Masindi District are increasingly becoming targets of cyber harassment, facing hacking attempts, intimidation and elaborate online romance scams. The worrying trend has sparked calls for…
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PDM: Police launch probe into fraud and extortion allegations in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI, December 16, 2025 – Police in Bushenyi district have launched investigations into allegations of fraud and extortion involving beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM], a flagship government initiative aimed at…
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