Finance
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Farmers in Acoli lose acres of crops to floods
Heavy rains in Acoli sub region have left acres of crop gardens submerged. The heavy rains which poured for a better part of August are continuing, causing massive destruction to crops such…
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News
Disaster minister worried by persistent heavy rains
The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng. Hillary Onek, has voiced fears over heavy rains, ongoing for several months now, that continue to devastate livelihoods, disrupt movement of people and…
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Lack of access road delays works on proposed Okuti border market
Construction of the multi-billion Okuti International border market in Kitgum district has failed to take off due to lack of an access road to the area. Okuti is one of six markets…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti fruit factory recovering from 87% drop in sales due to COVID-19
The management of Soroti fruit factory is struggling to recover from losses resulting from the COVID-19-related lockdown. According to Douglas Kakyukyu Ndawula the factory’s Executive Director, the company registered an 87% drop…
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Cooperatives & Communities
KCCA threatens to close 58 arcades over non-compliance to COVID-19 measures
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has threatened to close more than 50 arcades within the city centre over persistent non-compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) set by government as a pre-condition for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Heavy rains ravage Rwampara, farmers advised to plant trees
Residents of 7 villages in Rwampara district have called for emergency relief after heavy rain washed away gardens of crops in the area. Steven Tuhumure, the LC II chairperson Nyarundagazi parish explained…
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Costly seed and feed strain fish farming in Acoli
More than 900 fish farmers in Acoli subregion are struggling to stock their ponds with fish fingerlings (fish seed), due to absence of a hatchery in the area. The fish farmers found…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teacher arrested for impersonating cooperatives’ officials
Police in Mbarara yesterday morning arrested a secondary school teacher for allegedly ripping off a number of cooperatives around Mbarara City. Julius Twinomugisha, a teacher at St. Victor Secondary School in Buhweju…
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Amudat gold miners call for training on savings
A group of gold miners in Chepkararat village Karita Sub County in Amudat district have called upon the government and the financial institutes to train them on how to save the money…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro residents urged to form SACCOs to benefit from Emyooga
The State Minister for Micro Finance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, has urged the people of Bunyoro to join SACCOs if they are to benefit from the Presidential Cluster Initiative on wealth and job…
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