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Netted: Principal Cooperatives Officer Kavundira Arraigned on Fraud Charges
KAMPALA, June 24, 2024 – In a significant move against corruption, Leonard Kavundira, the Principal Cooperatives Officer in the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperative [MTIC], has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption…
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Allocation of Shs 87mln to cooperatives sector draws mixed reactions in Kwania
KWANIA June 8, 2024 – A move by Kwania district council to allocate a sum of Shs 87 million to the district’s Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives sector has sparked mixed reactions from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Govt to formulate bill addressing challenges affecting cooperatives
MACHAKOS, May 8, 2024 – According to the Kenya News Agency, the Government of Kenya is set to formulate a new law to protect investors in the cooperative sector. The law aims…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Trade ministry official cautions SACCOs against multiple borrowing
KAMPALA, March 28, 2024 – Multiple borrowing could soon land rogue members of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [ SACCOs] in jail. This was said days ago by Moses Magumba, a Senior…
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International
NAM: Day 2 of East African Trade and Investment Forum attracts more delegates
KAMPALA, January 16, 2024 – Day 2 of the East African Trade and Investment Forum in Kampala, which is part of the ongoing 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit 2024 [NAM 2024] in Kampala,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Fish maw traders petition parliament over taxes
KAMPALA, November 1, 2023 – Fish maw traders have petitioned Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries crying they are being charged excessive taxes. Particularly, the traders are protesting the eight…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni directs reinstatement of PS Ssali as trade ministry’s Accounting Officer
KAMPALA, October 27, 2023 – The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa has been reinstated as the Accounting Officer of that ministry, almost a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BoU awaits court decision on regulation of large SACCOs
KAMPALA, September 26, 2023 – The Bank of Uganda [BoU] will not continue with its plans to regulate large SACCOs until court rules on the case lodged by Uganda Cooperative Savings and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uhuru, partners launch Coop360 Network Innovations Awards 2023
KAMPALA, September 21, 2023 – The Uhuru Institute for Social Development [TUI], a social business enterprise, in partnership with other stakeholders, has launched the Coop360 Network Innovations Awards 2023 in which deserving…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Compensating coops for war losses: Gov’t blamed for not involving district leaders
LIRA, September 11, 2023 – Leaders from Lango and Bunyoro sub-regions have said the money released to cooperatives by the government as compensation for war losses was abused because district local governments…
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