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Cooperatives & Communities
Co-operative Bank of Kenya to pay shareholders Ksh 8.8bln in dividends
NAIROBI, March 25, 2024 – The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has maintained a dividend of Ksh 1.5 per share for the year ended December 31, 2023 after it recorded a 5.2 percent…
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Govt offers over 90,000 kilos of soybeans to Lira farmers
LIRA, March 21, 2024 – Government through the National Agriculture Advisory Services [NAADS] has given 95,000 Kilogrammes of soybeans to 18 agricultural cooperatives in Lira district. Some of the the beneficiary cooperatives include…
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Benefiting from oil and gas: Local suppliers urged to register with NSD
KIKUUBE, March 13, 2024 – Local suppliers in Bunyoro Sub-region have been advised to register with the National Supplier Database [ NSD ] to be able to do business in the country’s…
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School in Alebtong district gets facelift
ALEBTONG, March 11, 2024 – Plan International has refurbished a classroom block at Okokolako Primary School in Omoro Sub-county, Alebtong district. The facility rehabilitated at the cost of Shs 140 million was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Retired police officers in Bunyoro to form SACCO
MASINDI, March 8, 2024 – In a bid to improve their livelihoods, retired police officers in Bunyoro Sub-region under the umbrella of Bunyoro Retired Police Officers Association [BRPOA] have resolved to form…
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Sugarcane farmers protest Shs 10,000 tax
KIKUUBE, March 7, 2024 – Leaders of Hoima Sugar Limited Out-Growers Association in Kikuube and Hoima districts have expressed dismay after Kikuube District Local Government imposed a Shs 10,000 tax on every…
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Kenyan SACCOs struggling to recover loans, says regulator
NAIROBI, March 5, 2024 – Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya are owed Ksh 2.7 billion by various government agencies and private companies that approached the financial cooperatives for the…
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Poverty blamed for low uptake of irrigation technologies in Lira district
LIRA, March 4, 2024 – The authorities of Lira district have attributed the low uptake of the micro-scale-irrigation technologies to poverty and the poor mindset of some of the farmers in the…
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Health officials face demotion in Masindi district
MASINDI, March 4, 2024 – According to Cosmas Byaruhanga, the Masindi district LCV Chairperson, each of the the in-charges of the different health facilities in the district will sign a six-month performance…
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Minister Okasaai advises Alebtong residents on PDM, Emyooga
ALEBTONG, February 29, 2024 – The State Minister for Energy, Okasaai Opolot has urged residents of Alebtong district to embrace the Parish Development Model [PDM] and Emyooga Programme to improve their livelihoods.…
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