governance
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt launches digital system to fast-track cooperative registration
MBARARA CITY, March 15, 2024 – The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC] has launched a digital platform dubbed ‘The Cooperatives Registry Management Information System [CRMIS]’ to fast-track the registration of…
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News
Uganda secures Shs 468bln loan from IMF
KAMPALA, March 7, 2024: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund [ IMF ] yesterday concluded the fifth review of Uganda’s Extended Credit Facility [ECF] Arrangement, enabling the immediate disbursement of…
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National
BoU, DPF to start paying EFC Uganda depositors next week
KAMPALA, January 24, 2024 – Depositors of EFC Uganda are to be paid by the Bank of Uganda [BoU] and the Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda [DPF] after the lender had its…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Parliamentary report exposes the greed and connivance in the theft of cooperators’ money: Part A
KAMPALA, November 16, 2023 – A Report of Sectoral Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry has unearthed the rot in the compensation of cooperatives for the war losses incurred during the political…
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Western
Kikuube holds budget conference with call to focus on service delivery
KIKUUBE, November 15, 2023 – The Kikuube Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Peter Bisoborwa has urged the district leaders and technical staff to double their efforts in providing service delivery. Speaking during a…
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National
FUFA Technical Master Plan to enhance Ugandan football
KAMPALA, October 20, 2023 – The Federation of Uganda Football Associations [FUFA] this week unveiled the Technical Master Plan 2023-2030 in an event held at the Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The event…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Training is the key to a better future for West African cocoa farmers, says new report
ACCRA, September 19, 2023 – Fairtrade cocoa farmers in West Africa are training themselves and their colleagues in record numbers as they seek to overcome significant post-pandemic challenges, according to new data…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Stanbic Bank loans to SACCOs hit Shs 55bln
KAMPALA – Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] have so far received loans worth Shs 55 billion from Stanbic Bank Uganda, according to Patrick Twinamatsiko, the head of SACCOs business at Uganda’s…
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Western
Mbarara market vendors decry new markets law
MBARARA – The Markets Act, 2023 which came into effect in May has not gone down well with market leaders in Mbarara City who say they were not consulted during its formulation.…
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Africa
Partners express support for US$ 900mln Mauritania-Mali power line
NOUAKCHOTT – Development partners have committed to mobilize funding for a US$ 900 million multinational power transmission line between Mauritania and Mali, connecting 620,000 people to electricity. The partners made the commitment…
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