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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19: Milk trade can continue, Mbarara RDC assures farmers
Dairy farmers and traders in Mbarara district are free to transport their milk to the market normally, per the presidential directive, Mbarara Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Lt Col. James Mwesigye has assured.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19: Kasese farmers stuck with unsold coffee
Coffee farmers in Kasese district are stuck with bags of decomposing coffee following last week’s grounding of all public means of transport as part of measures to curb the spread of the…
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Masindi Youth Complain Over Unfulfilled Presidential Pledge
Members of Masindi District Youth Livelihood Support Cooperative are unhappy with the president for failing to fulfil a Shs. 30 million pledge he promised to channel to the cooperative. President Yoweri Museveni…
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News
COVID-19: Transport ban hits Bugisu Cooperative Union hard
The suspension of international passenger flights as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has paralysed the operations of the Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU), members say. Bugisu Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
COVID-19: Misery for Ntoroko cattle cooperatives as markets ban begins to bite
Cattle marketing cooperatives in Ntoroko are crying foul as the president’s 32 day ban on cattle markets begins to take its toll. On 18th March this year, the often crowded monthly or…
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Development
COVID-19: Masindi Police impounds bodabodas over defying Presidential directive
Traffic Police in Masindi district has impounded over 10 motorcycles and commercial transportation bicycles belonging to bodaboda riders for breaching the presidential moratorium on public transportation. In a bid to prevent the…
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News
Masindi access roads to connect farmers to market
The Masindi district Local Government is set to receive Shs. 8 billion to construct access roads under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP). Job Byaruhanga, the District Agricultural Officer Masindi, made the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Karamoja elders appeal to government to revive once mighty Cooperative
A section of elders in Karamoja region have asked government to consider reviving Karamoja African Wholesale Cooperative Society, a once-powerful Cooperative that was based in Moroto town. In an interview with theCooperator…
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News
COVID-19: Do not close markets, Kasese traders ask Government
Traders in Kasese district have appealed to government not to shut down markets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the government continues to impose ever tighter restrictions on social interactions…
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Kabarole district to register tea farmers
In a bid to streamline tea production and marketing, Kabarole district local government will soon start geo-mapping of all tea plantations in the district. Michael Kisembo, the focal person for the Agro-Industrialization…
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