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Indonesia seeks to boost number of cooperatives’ members to 60mln
JAKARTA, November 11, 2024 — Indonesia’s Cooperatives Minister Budi Arie Setiadi is looking to ramp up public participation in cooperatives and is eyeing to increase the number of cooperatives’ members to 60…
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Model Law on Cooperatives for Africa: Taxation, self-regulation among key issues cited
KAMPALA, September 30, 2024 — The Pan African Parliament [PAP] recently adopted the Model Law on Cooperative for Africa. The Law has over 40 articles that the cooperative movement or cooperatives in…
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House urges gov’t to provide more money for disasters
KAMPALA, September 26, 2024 – The Members of Parliament have called upon government to allocate more funds to help in the management of disasters in the country. The debate was triggered by…
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Money lenders in Lira City arrested over retaining clients’ national IDs as collateral
LIRA CITY, August 6, 2024 – Police in Lira City West Division have arrested three money lenders in Lira City for allegedly keeping the national identity cards [IDs] of their clients as…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA makes submission to the International Court of Justice on the Right to Strike
BRUSSELS, July 19, 2024 – Are workers’ rights to strike protected under the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention [ILO No. 87]? For the first time in…
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Outcry as Shs 1.4bln Adai Valley Dam vandalised in Katakwi district
KATAKWI, July 4, 2024 – Livestock farmers and leaders in Usuk Sub-county, Katakwi district are crying foul over the vandalism of the Shs 1.4 billion Adai Valley Dam purposely constructed by the…
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EUDR: US demands delay to protect food businesses
BRUSSELS, June 24, 2024 – The US government has reportedly urged the European Union [EU] to delay its Deforestation Regulation [EUDR], which is set to come into force in December, because the…
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Coops’ war loss compensation: MPs Mawanda and Mudimi summoned by CID over corruption
KAMPALA, June 18, 2024 – The Member of Parliament for Igara East Constituency, Michael Mawanda Maranga has been summoned by the Criminal Intelligence Directorate [CID] of the Police over his alleged involvement…
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Kabarole district boss warns SACCO leaders against misusing PDM funds
KABAROLE, June 17, 2024 – The Kabarole district LCV Chairperson, Richard Rwabuhinga has warned Parish Development Model [PDM] SACCO leaders against misusing the funds, saying the money is meant to support the…
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Complying with EUDR: Smallholder coffee farmers at risk of being excluded from EU market
KAMPALA, June 15, 2024 – Smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda and the rest of the world are at risk of being excluded from the European Union [ EU ] market due to…
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