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SACCO managers in Bunyoro urged to prioritise transparency and accountability
HOIMA, November 8, 2024 — Managers of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in the Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to uphold high standards of transparency, accountability, and effective management to foster…
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MTIC directs on AGMs, elections for cooperatives
KAMPALA, August 12, 2024 – The Registrar of Cooperative Societies/ Commissioner for Cooperative Policy and Development, Robert Bariyo Barigye, has urged cooperative societies in the country to consider adopting a delegate system…
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Acholi farmers advised to continue growing cotton
GULU, June 14, 2024 – Cotton growing is still a profitable enterprise that should never be shunned by the farmers despite the emergence of new cash crops in Uganda, according to Bob…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro sugarcane farmers urged to subscribe to local coop union
MASINDI, April, 20, 2024 – Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district have been urged to join Bunyoro Sugarcane Cooperative Union Limited [BSCUL] if they are to reap big from their enterprise. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nigeria: Ekiti govt moves to review cooperative laws
ABUJA, January 15, 2024 – EKiti State Government has said it will soon begin the process of reviewing the State Cooperative Law, which governs the operations of local cooperative societies. According to…
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International
High Court paves way for coop elections in Indian state
NEW DELHI, January 2, 2024 – After the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict, the path for the elections of cooperatives in the state has been cleared and these are going to be…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Help VSLAs invest in lucrative agricultural ventures, minister urges district officials
NWOYA– The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Kwiocwiny has urged Nwoya district officials to enroll the local Village Saving and Loan Associations [VSLAs] into lucrative agricultural ventures. The minister made the…
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Agriculture
Leaders urge farmers to concentrate on food crops as prices of cash crops fall
GULU-Farmers in Acholi Sub-region have been urged to concentrate on food crop production if they are to fight household poverty. This follows persistent price fluctuations for cash crops such as cotton, soybean,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Help us to write proposals, Acholi co-operators cry out
PADER-Co-operators of Acholi –bur and Gem Onyot Cooperative society in Pader district want to be helped in writing proposals to enable them to secure financial support for their activities. They argue that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Indian 110-year-old Rupee Cooperative Bank liquidated
NEW DELHI-The Reserve Bank of India [RBI] in August announced that it had withdrawn the Pune-based Rupee Cooperative Bank’s banking licence and asked the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to liquidate it. The…
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