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Poverty alleviation: Buganda Kingdom urges govt to priotise cooperatives
MASAKA, July 22, 2024 – Buganda kingdom has advised government that ending poverty in communities will not be achieved if poverty alleviation programmes like Emyooga and the Parish Development Model [PDM] are not…
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UCA urges Ugandans to embrace cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 16, 2024 – Uganda Cooperative Alliance [ UCA ] has called upon Ugandans to embrace cooperatives if the country is to have socioeconomic transformation. Speaking during the prayers held for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
World celebrates UN International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 7, 2024 – Cooperatives in the world celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives yesterday. An annual celebration of cooperatives, the day has been observed on the first Saturday in July since…
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Kenyan govt sure of passing Cooperatives Bill this year
NAIROBI, May 22, 2024 -The Kenyan Government in Kenya recently expressed confidence that the Cooperatives Bill which is meant to streamline the industry will be passed into law this year after key…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Attaining prosperity: Museveni urges Ugandans to embrace cooperatives
LIRA – President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to embrace cooperatives if they want to create wealth and attain prosperity. Museveni made the call last Saturday in a speech read for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Marking 2023 International Day of Cooperatives: LCU chairman congratulates cooperators
LIRA- Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] chairman, Maxwell Ebong Patrick Akora has congratulated cooperators in Uganda and the rest of the world as they mark the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives which happens…
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Lango Cooperative Union to co-host celebrations for 2023 International Day of Cooperatives
LIRA – The national celebrations for the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives will be co-hosted by Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] and Walimu SACCOs Union Limited at Lira City Mayors’ Gardens under the…
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Celebrating 101 International Day of Cooperatives: MTIC begins preparations
KAMPALA– The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [ MTIC ] has started preparations to mark the 101 International Day of Cooperatives. The cooperative movement in Uganda will on July 1, 2023,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Robust reforms have revitalized co-operative sector in Kenya- President Kenyatta
NAIROBI-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has attributed the rapid growth of the cooperative sector in his country to the policy reforms the government has implemented since 2013. The President noted that the reforms…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni commends cooperatives, talks of re-establishing Cooperative Bank
SHEEMA – President Yoweri Museveni has appreciated the role of cooperatives in the development of Uganda especially in working to move farmers from subsistence to the money economy through commercialisation of agriculture…
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