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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi: Market-based, mobile banana traders clash
Matooke sellers in Masindi’s central market have petitioned the district’s municipal council to deal with mobile banana traders who sell their produce right outside the market. The market vendors made the petition…
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COVID-19: Moroto Municipality loses millions in revenue from closed businesses
Moroto Municipality has lost millions of shillings in revenue collection as a result of the current lock down imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19. The municipality, which used to collect between…
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BCU hunts for tenants for its properties after COVID-19 slump
The Bugisu Cooperative Union is in the market for reliable tenants to occupy its commercial properties located in prime areas of Mbale district, theCooperator has learnt. According to BCU Estate Manager, Moses…
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News
Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union donates Shs 15m to COVID fight
The Sebei Elgon Cooperative Union has donated Shs 15million to the three districts of Kween, Bukwo and Kapchorwa, to help in the fight against COVID-19. To this end, each district received a…
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Dairy Milk, the woes of Ugandan exporters
Uganda is a naturally gifted agricultural country. When you see the volumes of production under the largely subsistence approach that characterises our agriculture, the potential is immense. One sector whose potential has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Grasshoppers cause 200,000-acre crop failure in Kitgum district
Farmers in Kitgum district have suffered crop failure on an estimated 200,000 acres of farmland due to a voracious pest known as the variegated grasshopper, the district’s Production Officer, Alfred Omony has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Teso citrus farmers look to regional market in the post COVID-era
Contrary to widespread gloomy economic projections in the post-COVID future, citrus farmers in Teso sub-region are optimistic that they will grow their market share in the East African region due to “the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Four dead as floods hit Kasese again
Four people have been confirmed dead and dozens more are still missing after River Lhubiriha that connects Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) burst its banks Thursday morning, sweeping away…
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Masindi municipal council loses Shs 50m in revenue due to lockdown
Masindi municipal council has lost Shs 50m in revenue over the past two months as a result of restrictions imposed in response to the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic, says Gafa Kate,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Head Teachers’ Association donates 500kgs of maize flour to district COVID-19 task force
The Masindi district Secondary School Head Teachers’ Association has donated 500 kgs of maize flour to the district COVID-19 task force. The donation was delivered by Steven John Rugadya, the association’s Chairperson,…
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