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CICOPA celebrates International Workers’ Day
BRUSSELS – On May 1, 2023, CICOPA, the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives [CICOPA] is celebrating International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day. As an organisation that believes in…
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Kapapi land conflict: Landlords to sue minister Nabakooba over resettled evictees
HOIMA– The Seven purported landlords of the land where 1,000 people were evicted in Kapapi and Kiganja sub-counties, Hoima district intend to sue the minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith…
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Agriculture
Support farmers in fodder production, MP urges govt
GULU-Aruu County Member of Parliament, Christopher Komakech wants government to support locals in Acholi Sub-region to produce fodder, saying it will help locals to have enough feed for their animals. This comes…
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UNRA patches potholes on major road
MASAKA-The Uganda National Roads Authority [ UNRA ] has started patching potholes on Mutukula-Kyotera-Masaka road following complaints from motorists and other road users. The multiple potholes on the 89.5-kilometre road were hindering…
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Lira University passes out leaders to combat gender based violence
LIRA – Lira University in partnership with the Institute of Social Sciences in Netherlands has passed out 89 local, religious and cultural leaders in the Lango Sub-region trained to combat sexual and…
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UPDF closes Ayera landing site over unlicenced fishing boats
KWANIA – The Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] fisheries protection unit has closed Ayera landing site in Atongtidi Sub-county in Kwania district over unlicenced fishing boats operating on Lake Kwania. The closure…
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Cooperatives & Communities
WSACCO ready to spend heavily on supplies
KAMPALA-Uganda’s leading SACCO-Wazalendo SACCO [ WSACCO ] is ready to spend more money on services and tangible goods if were are to go by a running newspaper advert shared by its CEO…
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East Africa
Returned South Sudanese refugees break ground at farm cooperative
JUBA-Working with a purpose, returned South Sudanese refugees hope to grow crops at sufficient scale to lift themselves and their community out of a hand-to-mouth existence of grinding poverty in one of…
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Excitement as Bar Aviation launches flight to Adjumani
ADJUMANI: Residence of Adjumani town were excited over the weekend as Bar Aviation launched its first flight from Kajansi Airfield in Kampala to Adjumani Airport. The airline’s twelve-seater capacity Cessna Caravan plane…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka Emyooga beneficiaries laud govt for providing seed capital
MASAKA– Women, journalists and youth leaders of Emyooga SACCOs in Masaka City have praised the government-owned Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], saying the money received as seed capital from the agency to do…
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