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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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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers advised against buying seedlings from open markets
Farmers in Sebei region in the eastern Uganda have been advised not to buy seedlings from companies that have not signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sebei Elgon cooperative. The call…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cooperatives urged to lead climate change fight
Last Saturday, cooperators the world over commemorated the International Cooperatives day under theme Cooperatives for Climate Action. This year’s celebrations were overshadowed by anxiety over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in many…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BoU to battle Sudhir in Supreme Court
The Governor Bank of Uganda (BoU), Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, has revealed that BoU will challenge the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the case filed by Crane Bank Limited (in Receivership) against businessman,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cente Group announces corporate reorganization, seeks to diversify offerings
Centenary Rural Development Group Ltd, popularly known as “Cente Group”, has announced the completion of a corporate restructuring that will, among other changes, see its banking operation run under a “banking subsidiary”…
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Inadequate sensitisation blamed for slow e-voucher management system uptake
Inadequate sensitisation is slowing enrolment of farmers in Gulu district into the Electronic Voucher Management System (EVMS), a programme created by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries to oversee distribution…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kyabandara SACCO staff pin management over NSSF arrears
Kyabandara SACCO staff members have petitioned the labour officer in Sheema district, accusing the SACCO’s management of defaulting on their monthly arrears and failing to remit their National Social Security Fund (NSSF)…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Cooperative Union gears up to resume coffee export
The Masaka Farmers’ Cooperative Union is undertaking comprehensive restructuring aimed at resuscitating its coffee export potential. Registered in 1951, the union was established to strengthen coffee farming and marketing in the greater…
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Karamoja traders welcome the re-opening of the Moroto- Nakapiripirit- Mbale road
Traders from Karamoja have described as a relief, the reopening of Moroto- Mbale- Muyembe road, saying that it will ease access to bigger markets and reduce their cost of doing business. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak Sugar Project plagued by labor shortage
At least 750 casual laborers are still needed by Ayuu Alali Cooperative society to help speed up the planting of sugarcane in Palabek Kal sub county in Lamwo district. Ayuu Alali embarked…
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