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Minister Mbadi urges local producers to prioritise product certification
MBARARA, July 29, 2025 –– The Minister of State for Trade, Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, has called on local producers/manufacturers to prioritise the certification of their products to enhance access to both domestic…
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Cooperatives among 2,000 business entities at risk of losing trademarks
KAMPALA, July 16, 2025 – – The Uganda Registration Services Bureau [URSB] has issued a warning to at least 2,000 businesses, including several cooperatives, that their registered trademarks risk being deleted from…
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Bushenyi: Trade Ministry official urges processors to formalise their businesses
BUSHENYI, July 12, 2025 –– A Commissioner from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], James Mukasa, has urged processors in Bushenyi district to formalise their businesses, noting that this would…
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Shs 9.5bln compensation revitalises Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union
MBARARA CITY, June 16, 2025 –– The Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union [BKCU] has been revitalised following a government compensation of Shs 9.5 billion, which has cleared the Union’s debts and boosted its…
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Museveni signs sugarcane bill into law
ENTEBBE, June 2, 2025 –– President Yoweri Museveni has signed the Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023, into law, calling for cooperation between sugar millers and growers for a prosperous industry. “If you don’t…
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Parliament finally passes Sugarcane Bill
KAMPALA, April 16, 2025 –– Parliament has passed the Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023 providing for self-regulation of the sugarcane industry by a stakeholder council. The Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023 was passed during…
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MPs call for compensation of cooperatives for war loss
KAMPALA, April 8, 2025 –– Members of Parliament [MPs] recently expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of budgetary allocation and delay in compensation of cooperative societies and unions for the losses suffered during…
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Members threaten to boycott Rwampara coop AGM after two delays
RWAMPARA, January 24, 2025 – Frederick Ngobi Gume, the Minister of State for Cooperatives, and Robert Barigye Bariyo, the Registrar of Cooperatives, have been accused of interfering with the affairs of the…
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Leather factory set to produce footwear in Luweero
LUWEERO, December 28, 2024 ––The revival of Kawumu Leather Industry [KLIU] is poised to begin the production of footwear and soles as it nurtures skilled talent and manage waste for a sustainable…
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MUBS to improve the livelihoods of unserved and underserved communities through the E-Booster initiative
KAMPALA, December 13, 2024 – Makerere University Business School [ MUBS ] has launched the second phase of its E-Booster initiative, aimed at improving the livelihoods of unserved and underserved communities in…
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