Hoima District
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima Modern Market Vendors Elect New leaders
HOIMA – Vendors operating in Hoima Modern Central Market in Hoima East Division, Hoima City have elected new leaders to manage their affairs in the facility after one year of waiting. Those…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Poor Saving Culture Frustrating Emyooga
HOIMA – The window of success for Emyooga, The Presidential Initiative On Job and Wealth Creation, is being narrowed by how little or not, association members are saving especially in Hoima District…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PWDs on Emyooga: We Are Left Behind
HOIMA – People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Hoima and Kikuube districts say they have been competing with everyone else for Emyooga cash grants and have always been outcompeted because they are poorer…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Covid-19 Stirs Scramble For Lemon, Ginger
HOIMA – Lemon and ginger prices are climbing higher in Hoima as demand soars for the fruits deemed to have immunity-boosting properties against the rampaging novel Coronavirus. There have been more than…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Businessman Arrested For Oil Roads Fuel Theft
KIKUUBE – Ronald Amanya, a spare parts dealer in Hoima town, has been arrested with 40 jerry cans of fuel in a sweeping police crackdown on a gang for fuel theft from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Goat Plague Wipes Out 700 Animals
HOIMA – A frail district veterinary system is struggling to scale back what seems to be the worst Goat Plague in the western district of Hoima. So far, it has killed more…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane Outgrowers Crying Foul
KIKUUBE – Complaints over mistreatment and missed payments are sparking friction between sugarcane outgrowers and their employer, Hoima Sugar Limited in the western districts of Kikuube and Hoima. Francis Isingoma alias Max…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Struggling SACCO Appeals For Bailout
HOIMA – A struggling Teachers’ Saving and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) in Hoima Oil City is appealing for a government financial bailout – with good reason. The 175 member Hoima Municipality Teachers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
SACCO Leaders Shun Management Training
HOIMA – Last week Hoima City and the district leadership scheduled two weeks of training sessions in financial literacy for all SACCO leaders that lack basic money management knowledge but surprisingly they…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Street Vending Empties Hoima Central Market
HOIMA – One-by-one, vendors are walking out of a fast emptying Hoima Central Market and pouring onto the crowded city streets to sell their merchandise easily. The abandoned lockups are mainly on…
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