The Cooperator News

Ugandan traders petition gov’t as Tanzania bans rice and maize exports

MASAKA – Traders under Kampala Rice Traders Association have urged government through the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] to intervene in a matter where authorities in Tanzania have impounded Ugandan…

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IATA launches aviation safety programme for Africa

KAMPALA-The International Air Transport Association [IATA] is launching the Collaborative Aviation Safety Improvement Program [CASIP] to reduce the accident and serious incident rate across Africa as part of the Focus Africa initiative.…

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Omoro boda boda groups receive Shs 30mln presidential pledge

OMORO – Several boda boda groups in Omoro district have received Shs 30 million pledged by President Yoweri Museveni recently. Museveni made the pledge to support the boda boda cyclists during a…

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Cameroon: Apex coffee cooperative empowers farmers with mobile hauling machine installation

YAOUNDÉ– The North West Cooperative Association [NWCA] Limited in Cameroon has taken steps to work with coffee farmers of Mbaw plane under the Donga Mantung Area Cooperative Union, according to the Hilltop…

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Gov’t injects Shs 1.1bln in Alebtong Emyooga SACCOs

ABLEBTONG – The government has so far injected Shs 1.1 billion in the implementation of Emyooga Programme in Alebtong district. The Emyooga Programme launched in 2019, is geared towards job and wealth…

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Tax revenue collection: Soroti City authorities in dilemma as tenderers underperform

SOROTI – Soroti City is losing over Shs 100mln monthly as a result of noncompliance among the tenderers and businesses that evade paying taxes, forcing authorities to think of what to do…

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Over 180 tons of plastic bottles collected in Lira City within three years

IRA – A total of 183 tons of plastic bottles have been collected in Lira City within a period of three years. The collection of plastic bottles by the recycling companies is…

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Farmers in fear as FAW ravages maize farms in Amuru

AMURU – Farmers in Lakang and Layima sub-counties, Amuru district are afraid of suffering losses following the invasion of maize farms by the deadly Fall armyworm [ FAW ]. According to agriculturalists,…

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Seven wards in Mbarara City miss out on PDM funds

MBARARA – A total of seven wards in Mbarara City are yet to receive money being disbursed by government under the Parish Development Model [PDM] to fight poverty in households engaged in…

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Farmers worried as caterpillars attack crops in Fort Portal City

FORT PORTAL – Farmers in Fort Portal City continue to count losses as caterpillars destroy crops on the farms. The caterpillars which have been cited in the villages of Bukwali, Mugoma, and…

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