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Developing countries’ debt outflows hit 50-year high during 2022-2024
KAMPALA, December 3, 2025 — Developing countries paid out US$ 741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest…
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SHACU probes Mbarara SACCO over missing funds
MBARARA CITY, December 3, 2025 – The State House Anti-Corruption Unit [SHACU] is carrying out an investigation into the Mbarara Central Market SACCO Limited following allegations of theft and mismanagement of funds,…
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Bunyoro cane farmers lift supply ban on local sugar company
HOIMA, December 3, 2025 — Sugarcane farmers in Hoima and Kikuube districts in Bunyoro Subregion have lifted their ban on supplying cane to Hoima Sugar Limited. The suspension had been imposed in…
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Uganda fetches Shs 530.2bln from extractive sector as EITI Report is submitted to Oslo
KAMPALA, November 30, 2025— The Uganda Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative [UGEITI] recently launched its Fourth EITI Report, which covers the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June, 2023. The report was officially launched by the…
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KENYA: 25,000 SACCOs face closure over failure to file audited financial statements
NAIROBEI, November 27, 2025 — A total of 25,000 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya are facing deregistration after failing to prepare and file audited financial accounts, placing over Ksh…
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Report warns of deepening strain in Kenya’s sugar sector
NAIROBI, November 27, 2025 — Kenya’s sugar industry is facing mounting pressure as premature cane harvesting, weakened yields, and disruptive policy shifts threaten to pull national production sharply lower, according to a…
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Uganda’s recoverable oil reserves rise to 1.65bln barrels
KAMPALA, November 24, 2025 — Uganda’s petroleum sector has reported an increase in the country’s estimated oil and gas reserves, according to Ernest Rubondo, Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda…
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Commercial lending rates in Uganda ease in September 2025, report shows
KAMPALA, November 23, 2025 — Commercial lending rates in Uganda eased slightly in September 2025, according to the Performance of the Economy Monthly Report for October 2025. The weighted average lending rate…
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Milestone as Ankole Farmers and Traders SACCO marks silver jubilee
MBARARA CITY, November 20, 2025 – Ankole Farmers and Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [SACCO] Ltd celebrated its Silver Jubilee on Tuesday at University Inn, Mbarara City, bringing together more than…
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Revised Statement on the Cooperative Identity available for comments until end of November
BRUSSELS, November 19, 2025 — Adopted in Manchester in 1995, the Statement on the Cooperative Identity set out for the first time the cooperative and ethical values that lie behind the principles drawn…
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