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Professional co-operators introduce guidelines to root out co-operative quacks
NAIROBI-Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators [KSPC], a sector professional organisation in the cooperative movement of Kenya, has come up with regulation guidelines that seek to root out cooperative quacks, Sacco Review reports. According…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Return to ‘In Person’ a Rousing Success for 2022 World Credit Union Conference
GLASGOW —The 2022 World Credit Union Conference concluded Wednesday with a Scottish-themed closing party that put the finishing touches on a spectacular four-day event at the Scottish Events Campus. 1,600 credit union…
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Finance & Banking
Standard Chartered hosts business executives as it unveils new corporate platform
KAMPALA– Standard Chartered Bank Uganda days ago held a thought leadership event to discuss business immersion in Sustainable Trade Finance for over 100 corporate and SME business leaders at Sheraton Kampala Hotel.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
With a billion members worldwide, cooperatives are a force to reckon with
KAMPALA-The cooperative movement is made up of over three million cooperatives with approximately one billion members worldwide from all sectors and regions, according to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA]. As cooperatives are…
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U-turn as Public Service Ministry calls teachers for dialogue
KAMPALA– The ongoing industrial action called by Uganda National Teachers Union [UNATU] has forced the Ministry of Public Service to invite UNATU leaders for a meeting this Friday, after a series of…
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Gulu City neglects LCs, spends their Shs 480mln on court cases
GULU– Gulu City authorities have diverted Shs 480 million meant to pay LCI and LCII chairpersons and instead used the money to pay debts arising out of court cases. The city currently…
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Lira district head castigates ministry over Shs 600mln allocation
LIRA– Lira district, LC5 chairperson, Richard Cox Okello Orik is displeased after the Health Ministry allocated only Shs 600 million to the district’s health department in the next financial year. This is…
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aBi Finance Limited readies loans for Tier IV MFIs and SACCOs
KAMPALA– Tier IV Microfinance institutions [MFIs] and SACCOs in Northern and Eastern Uganda looking for funding no longer have to worry. This is because aBi Finance Holdings Limited has availed concessional loans…
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Lango education experts root for hands-on skills in A’ level curriculum
LIRA– Educationists in the Lango sub-region have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to revise the A` level syllabus with emphasis on integrating vocational skills training in the curriculum. They said…
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Amuru district approves Shs 28bln budget for financial 2022/23
AMURU– Amuru district council on Tuesday approved Shs 28 billion budget for the financial year 2022/23, an increase from Shs 24bln earmarked in the current financial year 2021/22. The district’s next financial…
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