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Saving the environment: Polish coop adopts two beehives, home to 50,000 bees
WARSAW – Nautiqus SP. Z.O.O., a Coop member in Gdynia, Poland, has adopted two beehives which are home to nearly 50,000 bees. Nautiqus has a long-standing policy of socially responsible business and…
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MPs to probe cooperative unions over war reparations
KAMPALA – The Members of Parliament on the Committee of Tourism, Trade, and Industry will effective Monday next week begin investigating cooperative unions to ascertain whether the money they received as compensation…
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Seven-year jail sentence for vets causing death to animals
KAMPALA – Veterinary practitioners whose licences are revoked but continue to practice and in the process cause death to animals or humans face a seven-year jail sentence, or fine of Shs 10…
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Apac residents call for pro-poor land law
APAC – Residents of Apac district in Northern Uganda have blamed the increase in land disputes in the district on the weak law governing land in the country. Land in Uganda is…
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Apac residents asked to register land
APAC – Residents of Apac district and the rest of districts in Lango Sub-region have been advised to register their land if they are to avoid getting involved in the rampant land disputes.…
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Danish coop wins international energy award
LONDON – Danish cooperative, Coop Denmark days ago scooped top honour at the Energy Management Leadership Awards hosted by the Clean Energy Ministerial [CEM], an international clean energy platform. The coop won…
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Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom tables Shs 22.5bln budget
HOIMA – Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom intends to spend Shs 22.5 billion in the financial 2023-2024 compared to Shs 15.8bln planned for spending in the financial year 2021-2022. The budgetary estimates were presented days…
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Diverse bank boardrooms contribute to fighting climate change
LONDON – Following the 2015 Paris agreement, achieving carbon neutrality is one of the world’s most urgent priorities. Since banks play an important role in modern financial systems by channelling funds to…
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Port of Bujumbura to be modernised
BUJUMBURA – Renovation work on the Port of Bujumbura – part of a vast project to develop the regional corridor to Lake Tanganyika got underway days ago at a launch ceremony attended…
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SACCOs in Kwania, Apac gain ground as they pull civil servants
APAC – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] in Kwania and Apac districts have gained momentum, and attracted a number of civil servants such as teachers, leaving the large microfinance institutions drained…
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