The Cooperator News

Over 4,000 Amolatar residents get free medical care  

 AMOLATAR, September 14, 2023 – More than 4,000 residents of Amolatar district in Northern Uganda were screened and treated in a free medical camp organised by the district Woman Member of Parliament,…

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Wakiso khat growers and traders threaten to demonstrate over Narcotics Bill

WAKISO, September 14, 2023 – Khat growers and traders in Wakiso district have threatened to demonstrate should President Yoweri Museveni assent to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023 reintroduced by the government. The…

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UN’s Guterres calls govts to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems for cooperatives

NEW YORK, September 14, 2023 – The 2023 UN Secretary General’s report on cooperatives in social development has been released. The report sets out the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach as a key way…

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Itubara cooperative in Oyam gets bulking centre

OYAM, September 13, 2023 – The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [DINU], a government programme through the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO] has constructed a bulking store for Itubara Farmers’ Cooperative in…

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Korea and the AfDB strengthen drive towards Africa’s food security

SEOUL, September 13, 2023 – The Government of Korea and the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] are intent on strengthening their partnership to support African countries in achieving food security in five…

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Tayebwa asks King Oyo to help fight poverty through PDM

FORT PORTAL, September 13, 2023 – The deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the King of Tooro Kingdom, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV to be a partner in promoting…

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Investors decry dire state of roads in Amuru

AMURU – Investors in Amuru district in northern Uganda have appealed to government to urgently intervene and work on roads, saying they are finding it hard to transport their goods to the…

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EAC lauds Kenya and Tanzania for waiving visa requirements for Congolese

ARUSHA, September 13, 2023 – The East African Community [EAC] has hailed the decision by the Republic of Kenya and Tanzania to waive the requirements of obtaining visas to their territories for…

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Global Innovation Coop Summit 2023 confirmed

MONTREAL, September 12, 2023 – Cooperatives Europe is excited to participate in the Global Innovation Coop Summit [GICS] 2023 is scheduled to take place from September 27-29 in Montreal, Canada, organisers say.…

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Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM

KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…

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