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Cooperatives & Communities
Prioritize EAC integration, Museveni urges
President Yoweri Museveni has asked local leaders to focus on East Africa’s integration, saying Ugandans stand to gain more from being able to access the larger regional market than being limited to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nebbi traders bitter over creation of rival market
Traders in Nebbi main market are bitter over the creation of a rival market at the district’s Mayor’s garden which they say has affected their businesses. Mayor’s garden temporary market was created…
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Cooperatives & Communities
600 Inomo Sub County youth to receive vocational skills training
At least 600 youth from the four parishes of Ajok, Aluka, Inomo, and Banya in Inomo Sub County, Kwania district are set to receive vocational skills training in shoe making, motorcycle repair…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19 leads to 35% drop in Nebbi municipality revenue
Nebbi Municipality has recorded a 35% drop in revenue collection as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on businesses. This has affected service delivery and led to suspension of some of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni donates tractor to ex-soldiers
Ex-special forces soldiers from Gulu, commonly known as Kikosi Maalum, have received a tractor donated to them by President Yoweri Museveni to help them get out of poverty through agriculture. Mathew Opoka,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Cooperative Union sets up credit arm to support members
In December 2019, Masaka Co-operative Union formed a financial cooperative to boost coffee production capacity in the region. For the last 70 years, Masaka Co-op union has worked with primary societies involved…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MUK don urges government to quickly resolve MUBS staff salary disparity
Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the Chairperson of the Forum for Academic Staff in Public Universities (FASPU) called on government to resolve the outstanding issue of salary disparity for academic staff at Makerere…
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Shs 40m Museveni cash splits Nebbi vendors
Vendors in Nebbi main market under their umbrella, Nebbi Vendors Association, are at loggerheads over a Shs 40m presidential grant meant to help them kick start a SACCO. The money, which was…
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Karimojong pastoralists appeal for revival of electronic animal branding
Pastoralists in Karamoja region have appealed to the government to revive the project of electronic animal branding, saying it is helpful for proper identification of raided animals. Peter Dengel, one of the…
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Shs 33bn project boosts food security, incomes of refugees in Northern Uganda
At least 7,200 nationals and South Sudanese refugees in Lamwo, Adjumani and Obongi districts have started benefiting from a livelihood project worth Shs 33bn. Launched last year with financial support of USD…
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