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Cooperatives & Communities
Locals protest Lango Cooperative Union land lease to German investor
Residents of Angayiki Village in Chawente Sub County in Kwania district, numbering 130 are protesting the lease of 1,165 hectares of land by Lango Cooperative Union to Smaz Group, a German investor.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Excess rain blamed for low cotton production in Kasese
Cooperatives and farmers dealing in cotton in Kasese district have decried the lower than expected production of the cash crop as a result of unusually high rainfall experienced last season. Cotton farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Advocacy platform needed for Agriculture sector post-COVID- NAAC
The National Alliance of Agricultural Co-operatives (NAAC) has called for the formation of a nationwide agricultural advocacy platform to bridge the gap between the government and the other actors in Uganda’s agricultural…
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Eastern Kyoga Multipurpose Cooperative members join ACDP two years after launch
Members of Eastern Kyoga Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (EKMCS) in Serere district are slowly embracing the Agricultural Cluster Development Project (ACDP), two years after its introduction in the region. ACDP is a five-year…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Unlicensed SACCOs risk closure, accused of preying on savers
Members of unlicensed Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) are at risk of losing their hard-earned savings, Philip Otim, the Apac District Commercial Officer, has warned. Available figures indicate that there are…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango Cooperative Union leases 11-square kilometre land to German investor
Leaders of Lango Cooperative Union have leased out a sizeable chunk of its land assets to Smax-Group, a German investor, in a five-year deal that will see the investors develop the redundant…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi sugarcane farmers grapple with recurrent fires
Sugarcane farmers in Masindi district have expressed concern over a recent spate of fire incidents that have destroyed sugarcane plantations and left the affected farmers counting losses. Justice Twinowaitu, a resident of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kwania: Emyooga cash delay worries SACCOS
Members of Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) in Kwania district under the Emyooga program have expressed frustration after they were informed that they have to carry on with saving for some time before…
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East Acholi Cooperative Union in training drive to revive defunct primary societies
East Acholi Cooperative Union Limited, EACU, in Kitgum district, has embarked on training members of its primary societies as it attempts to revive the societies, many of which had become inactive. EACU…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCOs urged to invest savings
Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) have been urged to invest their savings in order to grow their profits. Gulu City Mayor-Elect, Alfred Okwonga, who was over the weekend speaking to members…
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