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Cooperatives & Communities
Pastoralists lose 500 livestock to tick-borne disease in Kaabong
Karimojong pastoralists in Kotido and Kaabong district in north eastern Uganda are currently frustrated by the rampant death of livestock due to tick-borne disease. Over 500 heads of cattle have so far…
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Agriculture
Bunyangabu banana cooperative frustrated by lack of transport as prices continue to plummet
Members of Kasunganyanja Banana Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Bunyangabu district have expressed frustration over lack of transport for their bananas as prices drop to as low as Shs 500 per bunch…
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Factory delay frustrates Nwoya fruit farmers
Fruit farmers in Nwoya district have asked government to speed up the establishment of a fruit processing factory pledged by President Yoweri Museveni, to enable them add value to their fruits and…
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Basongora reject government report in Kasese land feud with UWA
Basongora pastoralists under their organisation, Busunga Cattle Keepers Association, have rejected a government survey report about a contested piece of land that has pitted the community against the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).…
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News
COVID-19 frustrating Cooperatives’ fight against poverty
Kenya’s World Council of Credit Union’s (WOCCU) Country Coordinator, Mark Matabi, has voiced fears that the COVID-19 pandemic is frustrating efforts by the cooperative movement to alleviate poverty and social inequality in…
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Kitgum: Farmers, NUSAF official clash over procurement guidelines
Farmers’ groups in Kitgum district have put their NUSAF Desk Officer (NDO) on the spot for allegedly contravening procurement guidelines and inflating costs of items under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister orders arrest of Ruharo SACCO officials over embezzlement
The State minister for Micro Finance Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has ordered the arrest of Ruharo Heifer Project SACCO officials for alleged embezzlement of SACCO funds worth 140m shillings. Hon. Kasolo made the…
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Low savings alarm Kasese women’s SACCO
Leaders of NRM Ambassadors Women Group, a prominent SACCO in Kasese district, have expressed dismay at the dramatic drop in members’ savings in recent months. The group brings together women engaged in…
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Lucrative secret trade threatens donkey populations in Karamoja, Turkana
Leaders of Turkana County Assembly in Kenya have appealed to the government of Uganda to stop the ongoing booming trade of donkeys between the neighbouring Karimojong and Turkana pastoralists’ communities. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu dairy farmers change strategy in response to low milk demand
Dairy farmers in Gulu are reconsidering changing their business plan to adjust to emerging market conditions, following a crash in milk demand amid the Covid-19-related strictures during the past three months. When…
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