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Lira market vendors protest delayed relocation of street vendors
LIRA– Lira Main Market vendors in Lira City are protesting the delayed reallocation of other vendors operating on the nearby streets, saying they are losing business to their rivals who don’t pay…
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Cooperatives & Communities
‘Christ for You Ministry’ donates to PWD SACCO Karuma
KIRYANDONGO – Members of Persons with Disability SACCO Karuma in Karuma town council, Kiryandongo district on Tuesday received relief items from a group of wedded couples in the area dubbed ‘Christ for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Top officials of dairy cooperative in trouble over Shs 600mln UDB loan
KIKUUBE-Top officials of Kyangwali Dairy Cooperative Society Limited in Kikuube district are in trouble for allegedly mismanaging Shs 600 million borrowed from the Uganda Development Bank [ UDB ]. Julius Kwesiga and…
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Africa
AfDB extends €63.6mln loan for agro-processing project in Senegal
ABIDJAN– The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a loan of €63.6 million to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project. The Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga registering successes in Lango, Acholi -MSC official
LIRA – The Lira and Gulu Zonal manager of Microfinance Support Centre [MSC], Mable Nabadda has downplayed the negative claims that the Emyooga programme, a Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak massacre survivors move on with self-help initiatives
AMURU– All is not lost for the members belonging to Atiak Massacre Survivors’ Association in Atiak Sub-county in Amuru district as they have engaged in self-help initiatives to improve their lives. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sheema dairy farmers abandon milk facility donated by gov’t
SHEEMA –Dairy farmers in Sheema district have rejected a milk cooler installed by government over 10 years ago to boost production and marketing of the farm product. The fully-fledged 300-litre capacity milk…
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News
PDM: Nyowa officials tasked to refund over Shs 200mln
NWOYA- Officials in Nwoya district have been asked to refund Shs 208 million meant for the operationalisation of the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The funds were meant to identify PDM beneficiaries, enterprise…
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Development
MPs ask gov’t to cut age of SAGE beneficiaries
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament want government to reduce the age of beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant Empowerment [SAGE] from 80 years to 70 years. This was contained in the report of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Co-operators urged to stick to cooperative values
Co-operators in Uganda have been advised to keep on exhibiting cooperative values if they are to remain autonomous and play their part in improving members’ welfare. According to Jane Amuge Okello, the…
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