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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Teachers’ SACCO grapples with 40% account dormancy
Masindi Teachers’ SACCO is facing a challenge of 237 dormant accounts (close to 40% of the total), a situation the SACCO’s Chairperson says affects them significantly. Isaac Mugaanzi, the Board Chairperson for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Apac: Shs 40 bn Aquaculture Project stalls over land row
The construction of dams in Apac district under the Aquaculture project has stalled, and the site been abandoned by contractors as locals bicker over land compensation, theCooperator has learned. In 2018, residents…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania district to train Emyooga beneficiaries
District officials in Kwania district have pledged to offer some training in financial management to beneficiaries of the recently released Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation (Emyooga) funds. After a long…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabale dairy co-operators advised to embrace improved breeds, strengthen primary societies
Rwampara District Commercial Officer (DCO), Amon Mutabarura, has called on co-operators in the dairy sector to invest in improved breeds of cattle that guarantee higher quantities of milk if they are to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira DCO, four others remanded for forgery of SACCO documents
Court has remanded Lira District Commercial Officer (DCO), Josephine Alobo, and four others to jail for alleged forgery of SACCO documents contrary to section 34 of the Penal Code Act. Alobo appeared…
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Cooperatives & Communities
North Kyoga Police warns against new SACCO scam
Police in North Kyoga Region has cautioned the public about a recent scam that specifically targets SACCOs and warned people against giving their money to individuals they do not know personally if…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCOs urged to embrace tech, digital lending
Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) have been urged to embrace the latest technological innovations in order to catch up with market trends and safeguard their market share. Speaking during a one-week…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kabarole: Kitojo Care SACCO holds first AGM after COVID-19 setback
Kitojo Care SACCO in Kabarole district has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) this week, after missing out on holding one in 2020. While cooperatives are required by law to hold an…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nine SACCOs cleared to receive Emyooga funds in Masindi
Nine out of 54 SACCOs in Masindi district have been cleared to receive the long-awaited Emyooga cash, Moses Kalyegira, Masindi district’s Commercial Officer has revealed. Kalyegira says the nine, which hail from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Co-operators condemn ‘confused’ regulatory regime
Co-operators in Western Uganda have condemned what some referred to as a “confused” regulatory regime resulting from the enactment of various laws meant to regulate the operation of cooperatives, SACCOS in particular,…
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