Leadership
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International
US electric co-ops to benefit from broadband support
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association [NRECA] has launched a service for electric co-ops that provide broadband or are considering offering it, says Coop News. The NRECA Broadband service is available…
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Finance & Banking
Standard Chartered Bank Uganda gets new boss
KAMPALA– Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has received a new Chief Executive Officer, the bank announced on Wednesday. “We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Sanjay Rughani as the Chief Executive…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga SACCOs to turn into cooperatives
KABALE– At least 25 Emyooga Savings and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] in Kigezi Sub-region are set to be transformed into cooperatives, having grown tremendously since their establishment about two years ago. The Emyooga…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sensitise communities on PDM, minister urges local leaders
FORT PORTAL – The Minister of Tourism and Wildlife Antiquities, Tom Butime has asked leaders to sensitise citizens in their the communities about Parish Development Model [PDM], the socio-economic transformation programme that…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Industrialisation: Mbarara city leaders woo Madhvani Group with free land
MBARARA– Mbarara city leadership is willing to offer free land to Madhvani Group of Companies to establish factories in a bid to boost the industrialization of the city and the western region…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu City VSLAs become cooperatives
GULU– Two Village Saving and Loan Associations [ VSLAs ] comprising of women traders in Gulu City have been transformed into cooperatives in a bid to formalise their operations. Gulu Women Produce…
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News
MP irritated over continued closure of Mbarara Central Market
MBARARA- Mbarara City North legislator Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari has asked the government to allow city vendors to occupy the redeveloped Mbarara Central Market. Rukaari made his remarks on Tuesday at the city’s headquarters…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara district officials tasked to refund over Shs 5mln
MBARARA- Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee [PAC] has grilled the Mbarara district Chief Administrative Officer Edward Kasagara [CAO] and Principal Human Resource Officer Allan Kagaba for causing the district a financial loss of…
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News
NRM to form SACCOs countrywide
OMORO– The National Resistance Movement Organisation [NRM] is considering establishing Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] at the grassroots in a bid to fight poverty among its members. This follows complaints from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Emyooga SACCO leaders trained on financial literacy, mindset change
MASINDI – The Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], a government agency responsible for Emyooga programme has trained Masindi district Emyooga SACCO leaders on financial literacy and mindset change. The leaders were also trained…
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