Finance
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farm credit giving Omoro and Amuru women farmers a lifeline
OMORO – Dero-she capital, a local community-based organization (CBO) is helping more than 170 rural women in Amuru and Omoro districts to profitably engage in agriculture by extending farm credit to them.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Post Bank Uganda trains more than 100 farmers on loan management in Acholi Sub Region
GULU – More than 100 farmers from various farmer groups and cooperatives in Acholi sub-region have been trained on loan management skills by Post Bank Uganda. The one-day training held at Boma…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi community offers 500 acres of land to UIA for the construction of an Industrial park
Nebbi – More than 500 acres of lands located along Pakwach-Nebbi road has been offered to Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) by the community of Omvuro Village, in Mbaro East in Nyaravur-Angal Town…
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News
Minister Ogwang orders for arrest of corrupt district officials
KIKUUBE – Several civil servants in Kikuube district were made to sweat as the Minister of State for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang questioned them for allegedly messing up several government projects. Ogwang…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ker Kwaro Acholi wants local leaders oriented on the Parish Development Model program
ACHOLI – Ker Kwaro Acholi (KKA), the Acholi Cultural Institution has appealed to the government to consider orienting local leaders if the Parish Development Model (PDM) is to succeed in the region.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Delayed compensation by Chinese company worries Thidwer Community
NEBBI – The community of Thidwer village, in Olago parish, Padwot sub-county in Nebbi District are concerned about delayed compensation by Mukoda Engineering Works Limited, a Chinese company carrying out stone quarry…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Older persons demand inclusion in the Parish Development Model
LIRA – Older persons in Lira district, have called upon the government for inclusion in the Parish Development Model and Emyooga programme. They say they are able and still economically productive more…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Municipality Councilors question delayed disbursement of Shs 273 million to beneficiaries
MASINDI – Masindi Municipality Councillors have questioned the delayed disbursement of Shs 273 million meant for different groups engaged in different activities in the municipality. The money was sent to Masindi municipality…
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Cooperatives & Communities
OWC to focus on technical and political leaders and not NAADS officers in their project implementation
SOROTI – Leaders of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) have decided to change strategy by moving away from engaging National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) officers to engaging technical and political leaders in their…
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Finance & Banking
Banks endorse government plans to take idle cash on dormant accounts
KAMPALA – The Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) has endorsed the government plans to take cash considered “idle or dormant accounts” in all banks. In the new National Payments Systems Bill 2020, the…
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