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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro residents urged to form SACCOs to benefit from Emyooga
The State Minister for Micro Finance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, has urged the people of Bunyoro to join SACCOs if they are to benefit from the Presidential Cluster Initiative on wealth and job…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tomato farmers in Acoli suffer low sales due to bumper harvests
Tomato farmers in Gulu district are grappling with low prices for their produce, following a bumper harvest of the fruit this season. The drop in price is being attributed to increased production,…
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News
Government to replace bodaboda with buses in Kampala city centre
With government of Uganda bent on regulating and streamlining bodaboda operations within its capital, the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon. Betty Amongi has confirmed cabinet’s move to approve substitution of…
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9,000 Turkana pastoralists move back to Kenya after rains return
Over 9,000 Kenyan pastoralists have moved back to Kenya following the return of rains that has restored pastureland on the other side of the border. The 9,000 are part of 70,000 Turkana…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Heavy rains destroy Shs 22m Masindi market drain just hours after it was commissioned
Rains have washed away a drainage channel at Masindi central market in Masindi town just hours after it was commissioned. The channel that is supposed to drain runoff from the market was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Rufura SACCO appeals for standard abattoir
Masindi Rufura Cooperative Savings and Credit Society Ltd (MARUSCO) has appealed for government support in getting a standard abattoir. Shaban Balikagira, the cooperative’s Secretary, says that the current abattoir is too small…
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Karamoja farmers decry unreliable weather information
A section of farmers in Karamoja sub region in north eastern Uganda have appealed to governmental and nongovernmental organizations operating in the region to establish an effective weather forecasting pattern that will…
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News
Money changers smile as business at Elegu border starts to pick up
Money changers at Elegu one-stop border point, Atiak Sub County in Amuru district, have reason to smile as business slowly returns to normal. Majority of the money changers were pushed out of…
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Masindi sugarcane farmers divided over new cane price
Three board members of Masindi Sugarcane Growers’ Association Ltd (MASGAL) have resigned from their positions citing what they termed “false accusations” levelled against them by the association’s Chairperson, Cosmas Byaruhanga. The three…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MAAIF roots for Matooke value addition
The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has pledged to harness opportunities for value addition along the Matooke (banana) value-chain, as government looks to mechanization and modernisation of agriculture in…
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