Masindi District
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Cooperatives & Communities
Maize Farmers, FICA Seeds In Pay Dispute
MASINDI – A raging pay dispute in Pakanyi Sub County Masindi District has pitted over 400 maize farmers against FICA Seeds– a seeds producing and marketing company, accused of failing to pay…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Sugarcane Farmers Elect New Board
MASINDI – Masindi Sugarcane Farmers Association Limited (MASGAL) has a new board elected on June 2. Robert Atugonza, a former board chairperson bounced back unopposed to replace Cosmas Byaruhanga, who is also…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Maize SACCOs Get Lobbying And Marketing Skills
MASINDI – In the western district of Masindi, 15 cooperatives and two associations dealing in maize grain production have learned new lobbying and marketing skills as well as advocacy during a one-day…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane Cooperatives Will Save Farmers
MASINDI – On his inauguration day, May 20, Cosmas Byaruhanga promised to use his second term as Masindi District LCV chairperson to get farmers in all sectors in the western district organized…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Demands New Modern Market
MASINDI – A heave of frustration and anger is boiling over in Masindi Municipality as vendors lash out at the delayed construction of a new modern market under the Markets and Agriculture…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Beneficiaries: Emyooga Cash For SACCOs Too Little
“You find a Sacco with over 500 members in different associations in a constituency getting Shs 30 million, do you expect it to help them out of poverty. I saw some members…
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Cooperatives & Communities
New Sacco to give out Cheap loans in Hoima
The newly launched KASSOBA SACCO is on course to open with offers of cheap loans to members of Kabalega Secondary School Old Boys Association (KASSOBA). The official launch was on April 3…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Long-dormant sacco in Masindi bounces back
A long-dormant savings and cooperative credit society has been revived. The Masindi Savings and Cooperative Credit Society Limited has been revived by members after a two-year lull. The SACCO membership comprises mainly…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi Teachers’ SACCO grapples with 40% account dormancy
Masindi Teachers’ SACCO is facing a challenge of 237 dormant accounts (close to 40% of the total), a situation the SACCO’s Chairperson says affects them significantly. Isaac Mugaanzi, the Board Chairperson for…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nine SACCOs cleared to receive Emyooga funds in Masindi
Nine out of 54 SACCOs in Masindi district have been cleared to receive the long-awaited Emyooga cash, Moses Kalyegira, Masindi district’s Commercial Officer has revealed. Kalyegira says the nine, which hail from…
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