Financial Inclusion
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Cooperatives & Communities
Namisindwa PDM officials arrested over extortion
NAMISINDWA – Five executive committee members of a local PDM SACCO in Namisindwa district have been arrested over allegations of extorting money from the beneficiaries of the government programme aimed at fighting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Namisindwa RDC tips youth on PDM
NAMISINDWA – The Namisindwa resident district commissioner [RDC], Imran Muluga has urged the youth in the district to take advantage of the Parish Development Model [PDM] and start up income-generating activities to…
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Development
RDC directs schools to teach learners about PDM
NAMISINDWA – The Namisindwa resident district commissioner, Imran Muluga has directed Uganda National Teachers’ Union [UNATU] in the district not to hastate to teach learners about the Parish Development Model [PDM] initiated…
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News
Calls for poverty alleviation dominate New Year messages in Lango
KWANIA– As Ugandans entered the New Year 2023, those in Lango Sub-region were rallied to embrace poverty alleviation programmes initiated by government to kick out poverty from their households. Currently, poverty prevalence…
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Finance & Banking
World Savings Day: BoU boss urges Ugandans to save for the future
KAMPALA-As countries celebrate World Savings Day which falls on October 31 every year, the Bank of Uganda [BoU] Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego has urged Ugandans to start saving now, saying savings help…
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Development
Kwania residents excited over PDM
KWANIA– Residents in Kwania district have welcomed with excitement the Parish Development Model [PDM], saying it will improve their lives. PDM, launched by President Yoweri Museveni in February 2022 is expected to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PWDs urge govt to ring-fence their 10 percent share of PDM funds
LIRA- As the Parish Development Model [PDM] rolls out in the country, persons living with disabilities [ PWDs ] in the Lango Sub-region have urged the government to strictly ring-fence the 10…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango leaders caution govt on hurrying PDM processes
OYAM– A section Lango leaders have raised concern over the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM], saying the speed at which government is implementing some activities must be checked, especially if…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lira bee farmers asked to form SACCOs to benefit from PDM
LIRA -Beekeepers in Lira district have been asked to form saving and credit cooperative organizations [SACCOs] to benefit from the Parish Development model [ PDM ]. The district entomology officer, John Bosco…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Stanbic Bank to launch finance and capacity building programme for Saccos
KAMPALA-Stanbic Bank Uganda will on Friday 27, 2022 launch the Stanbic Bank Sacco Finance and Capacity Building Programme at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City. According to Anne Juuko, Chief Executive-Stanbic Bank Uganda,…
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