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East Africa
New rules to protect Kenyan SACCO members
Kenya is working on new rules to tame deposit-taking SACCOs (DT-SACCOs) that fleece members through inflated charges, delays in reimbursement of deposits, and “reckless” lending and debt collection. This comes amid concerns…
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Topics
Cooperatives and social enterprises may hold the key to more and better jobs
Co-operatives and social enterprises achieve employment growth at least on a par with other types of organisation, and also create good quality jobs, according to a new report by the University of…
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Africa
Six cooperatives supported by Nema-Chosso generate D11M
In an exclusive interview on Tuesday, 18 June, 2019, with the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema), Mr. Momodou L. Gassama, the project director, gave the latest updates on…
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Agriculture
Wamala Growers Cooperative Union set to earn over 30 billion
MITYANA, Uganda: When the prices of maize slumped in the last season leaving thousands of farmers crying foul over the low maize prices that dropped to as low as shs150. The wise…
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Development
Busia cooperators ask for protection
Egessa Hajusu Traders under Busia produce dealers’ multi-purpose cooperative society have asked the government to protect them from Kenyan counterparts. The traders want government to stop Kenyan traders from skipping their cooperatives…
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News
We don’t take bribes to register cooperatives
By Egessa Hajusu The registrar of cooperatives Joseph Kitandwe has refuted claims that his office demands for bribes in order to register cooperatives. “This is a very serious allegation I am hearing…
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