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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Districts directed to display names of households, enterprise groups
GULU-The Parish Development Module [PDM] Secretariat has directed accounting officers and district leaders in all the districts in the country to display names of households and enterprise groups selected before actual funding…
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News
Fort Portal City seeks Shs 60bln for urbanisation and climate change mitigation
FORT PORTAL – Fort Portal city authorities are targeting Shs 60 billion as part of a bigger loan which the Ugandan government is set to secure from the French Development Agency [FDA]…
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National
Boosting food security: Museveni directs govt on large-scale production
KAMPALA– President Yoweri Museveni has directed the whole government led by the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance to implement strategic interventions in large-scale food production, especially at…
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Kikuube district leaders ask govt to take over bad road
KIKUUBE– Kikuube district local government leaders and residents want the Ministry of Works and Transport to take over the Kabwoya-Maya, Maya -Kyarujumba – Kakindo road which they say is in a poor…
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East Africa
Rwanda’s best fairtrade coffees recognised
KIGALI– Bwishaza Coffee Cooperative and Abateraninkunga ba sholi were recently announced as the winners of the second edition of the Rwanda Kombe la Dhahabu Fairtrade Coffee Quality Contest. Bwishaza emerged as a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni tells security agencies to cooperate to combat cattle rustling
OTUKE- Rampant cattle thefts and the increasing cases of commercialised cattle rustling in the neighbouring districts of Karamoja Sub-region have led to an increase in daily cattle markets that security agencies say…
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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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News
Reserves managers face up to tough investment environment
KAMPALA- Most central bank reserves managers are resigned to a period of higher inflation and lower returns, according to a report published today by the global think tank- Official Monetary and Financial…
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Reducing trade costs can help drive sustainable development- FAO report
Rome – A robust and well-integrated global agrifood system can help all countries withstand unprecedented challenges, as evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 when global agrifood markets proved to be…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Maize farmers get Shs 100mln machines for value addition
KIKUUBE– Farmers operating under Bunyoro Tulihamu Cooperative Society and Twimuke Saving Internal Lending Community Association will now process their maize after receiving two milling machines worth Sh100 million, from the government. The…
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