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Lira City women’s group skills single mothers, others
LIRA-Odokomit Women`s Tailor Group in Lira City East Division is training child mothers and school dropouts in tailoring and cutting garments. According to the group`s chairperson, Esther Amule Zawadi, those enrolled are;…
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Partners scale-up ‘fair data’ partnership for Ivorian cocoa farmers
ABIDJAN- An innovation-driven partnership launched by Fairtrade International, Fairtrade Africa, and digital solutions provider Farmforce will extend the deployment of a smart data management system to more than two dozen cocoa cooperatives…
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Gender ministry warns Ugandans against unlicensed labour recruiting firms
SOROTI– The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social development [MGLSD] has cautioned the general public, especially the youth seeking employment abroad to beware of fraudulent unauthorised labour recruiting companies whose operations are…
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U-turn as Public Service Ministry calls teachers for dialogue
KAMPALA– The ongoing industrial action called by Uganda National Teachers Union [UNATU] has forced the Ministry of Public Service to invite UNATU leaders for a meeting this Friday, after a series of…
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International
ILO okays conclusions on the social and solidarity economy, including cooperatives
GENEVA– The International Labour Organisation [ ILO ] Conclusions on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy [SSE], explicitly including cooperatives, were approved by the Plenary of the International Labour Conference…
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Stakeholders hold meeting on TVET financing framework
KAMPALA– The Ministry of Education and Sports through the Technical, Vocational Education and Training [TVET ] Secretariat recently held a consultative meeting of key stakeholders to gather ideas on the development of…
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Kikuube district officer arrested over misuse of co-operators’ assets
KIKUUBE – The State House Anti-Corruption Unit [ACU] in liaison with the Uganda Police has arrested the Kikuube district labour officer, Arthur Mpuuga, who doubles as the chairperson of Bunyoro Tulihamu Cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Death of Oulanyah halts programs for more than 60 VSLAs in Omoro district
OMORO – The death of the late Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has left more than 60 Village Savings and Loan Association [VSLA] members in shock and suspense having joined a housing…
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