The Cooperator News

Kenya co-ops top in Africa, says WOCCU report

NAIROBI-Co-operatives in Kenya top in African content with high membership and wealth, a new Statistical Report by the World Council of Credit Unions [ WOCCU ]shows. The report indicates that 9,041 Co-operative…

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US co-ops get US$ 170,000 for work in low-income communities

CALIFORNIA-Five US co-ops have been awarded a total of US$ 170,000 from a fund to increase co-op development in low-income communities and communities of colour. The 2022 winners of the annual Capital…

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Wetland evictees urged to embrace climate smart agriculture

SOROTI-The Ministry of Water and Environment has urged farmers that were evicted from wetlands recently to embrace climate smart agriculture [CSA]. According to World Bank, CSA is an integrated approach to managing…

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Kasese authorities ban ‘imported meat’ over Ebola

KASESE –  In a bid to stop the spread of Ebola disease in Kasese district, authorities have decided to ban the sale of cheap “Sanga meat” there, stating that it is procured…

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Gulu Archdiocese struggles as criminal gangs raid model cassava farm

GULU– Gulu Archdiocese is struggling to promote cassava commercialisation and value addition in Acholi Sub-region after criminal gangs recently raided its demonstration farm, uprooting the cassava tubers, leaving the farm empty. The…

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NGO to train Kole oil seed farmers in good agricultural practices

KOLE– In a bid to help oil seed farmers boost production, Women Grow Uganda [WGU], a community-based organisation, has partnered with Alito Joint Cooperative Society and JEROMA Farmers’ Collection Centre to help…

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Shock as Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister

LONDON-Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister in a statement outside Downing Street, says the BBC She said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected…

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Ntungamo man reaps big from pineapple business

NTUNGAMO– Justus Tayebwa, 31, a resident of Nyaruhama village, Nyongozi parish, Itojo Nyamukana town council, Ntungamo district does not regret why he ventured into the business of growing pineapples, stating that it…

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Amuru RDC suspends activities on disputed land

AMURU-Stephen Odong Latek, the Amuru Resident District Commissioner has suspended any activities on the contested 1,500 acres of land in Kidimon village, Lakang Sub-county, Amuru district. The suspension of the activities on…

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Stanbic Bank donates beds and mama kits to Masaka hospital

MASAKA– As part of its corporate social responsibility, Stanbic Bank Masaka Branch has donated two delivery beds and medical mama kits worth eight million shillings to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital maternity ward.…

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