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KMRC to provide affordable mortgages through banks, SACCOs

NAIROBI – The Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company [KMRC], a public-private partnership established to provide mortgage liquidity facilities to banks, microfinance institutions, and SACCOs, has made its home loans attractive and affordable. Local…

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West Nile leaders warn unreliable power could derail PDM

ARUA – Leaders in West Nile have warned that the intermittent power supply in the sub-region could derail the progress of the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The leaders raised the matter last…

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Ngetta ZARDI kicks off planting

LIRA-Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute [ ZAR7DI ] in Lira City East Division, Lira City, one of the agencies implementing the government strategy of boosting food security and seed production…

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Over 18,000 smallholder farmers to benefit from digital loans

YUMBE– The Food and Agriculture Organisation [FAO] and Uganda Development Bank [UDB] in partnership with Ensibuuko, European Union [EU], United Nations Capital Development Fund [UNCDF] last week launched a Fintech solution dubbed…

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Opposition finds extra Shs10trn revenue in alternative budget

KAMPALA-For the first time in Uganda, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga last Friday presented an alternative to the government’s 2023/4 budget, finding Shs10 trillion on the revenue side…

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Sironko older persons urged to form enterprise groups

SIRONKO – The Minister of State for Elderly Affairs, Dominic Gidudu Mafabi has urged the older persons in Sironko district to form enterprises groups so that they benefit from the special enterprise…

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Forum explores cooperatives and clustering small farmers and fishers for integration in global value chain

MANILA-The Philippine government’s Department of Agriculture [DA] and the French government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, along with the Bureau of Exportation and International Partnership, days ago organised the 2nd Philippines-France…

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Environmental conservation: Masaka City, Centenary Bank plant trees

MASAKA – Masaka City leadership has partnered with Centenary Bank to promote environmental conservation as well as beautification of the city through planting trees. Centenary Bank general manager for Corporate Communications and…

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Bill to disqualify co-operators involved in irregularities introduced in India

NEW DELHI– Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2023 has been introduced in the Indian State of Goa giving power to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies [RCS] to disqualify directors involved in irregularities, according…

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RDC directs schools to teach learners about PDM  

NAMISINDWA – The Namisindwa resident district commissioner, Imran Muluga has directed Uganda National Teachers’ Union [UNATU] in the district not to hastate to teach learners about the Parish Development Model [PDM] initiated…

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