Legal
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Data Privacy: A foundation for trust and growth in cooperatives
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – Today, as the world marks Data Privacy Day under the theme, ‘’Take control of your data’’, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the critical importance of protecting…
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YLP: Over Shs 500mln unrecovered in Masindi Municipality
MASINDI, January 28, 2025 – Authorities in Masindi Municipality are still grappling with the recovery of Shs 534 million that was disbursed under the Youth Livelihood Programme [ YLP ], a government…
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Key actors in Ecuador’s cocoa value chain receive training on traceability and EUDR
QUITO, January 28, 2025 – Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, the private sector, academia, and the field of cooperation in Ecuador recently concluded the course on “Training of trainers in…
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Bank of Uganda issues MDI licence to EBO SACCO
KAMPALA, January 28, 2025 – The Bank of Uganda [BoU] has granted a licence to EBO Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Limited, located in Bwizibwera Rutooma Town Council, Mbarara district. This licence…
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Euro Coop Calls for a Strong Green Claims Directive to Combat Greenwashing
LONDON, January 27, 2025 – Euro Coop has joined leading organisations in signing an open letter urging Members of the European Parliament and EU Ministers to adopt a robust Green Claims Directive.…
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Disease outbreaks and animal thefts hampering PDM progress in Masindi Municipality
MASINDI, January 24, 2025 – Beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Karujubu Division, Masindi Municipality, have highlighted a surge in disease outbreaks, and animal thefts as major challenges undermining the…
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Farmers urge gov’t to lower cost of equipment sold under Micro Scale Irrigation Programme
GULU, January, 242025 – Several farmers in Gulu district have appealed to the government to reduce the cost of equipment sold under the Micro Scale Irrigation Programme, a government initiative aimed at…
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Members threaten to boycott Rwampara coop AGM after two delays
RWAMPARA, January 24, 2025 – Frederick Ngobi Gume, the Minister of State for Cooperatives, and Robert Barigye Bariyo, the Registrar of Cooperatives, have been accused of interfering with the affairs of the…
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How a new Trump administration could shape U.S. – Africa energy relations
PARIS, January 21, 2025 — With the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump on January 20, the future of American involvement in Africa’s energy sector is set for a significant shift. President…
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EC requires over Shs 600bln to manage 2026 elections
KAMPALA, January 20, 2025 – The Electoral Commission [ EC ] has raised concerns over a Shs 623.9 billion funding gap that threatens the successful conduct of Uganda’s 2026 general elections whose…
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