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Cooperatives & Communities
Respect our constitution: Gulu market vendors reject open terms for leaders
GULU-Ordinary members of Gulu Main Market Vendors Association have rejected a proposal seeking to remove term limits for the executive leaders, saying their constitution must be respected to allow other members serve…
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East Africa
Don’t sell your land recklessly, housing cooperative members told
NAIROBI-Komarock Housing Cooperative Society members in Kenya have been urged to avoid selling their land unnecessarily and instead establish investments on it to secure their future, according to Kenya’s Sacco Review. Speaking…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Don’t become liability to gov’t, FRONASA members warned
GULU-The national vice chairperson Historical League for Greater North, Brig. Gen. Bosco Omure has scoffed at the Front for National Salvation [FRONASA] members in Acholi Sub-region, saying they are more interested in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hard work pays: MSC rewards Apac veterans’ SACCO with office equipment
APAC– Apac Municipal Veteran Emyooga SACCO has received office equipment, thanks to Uganda Microfinance Support Center [MSC]. The equipment that includes a computer laptop and a three-in-one printer were donated to the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bukwo maize farmers aim at value addition
BUKWO – Maize farmers in Bukwo district are struggling to pool resources together to buy machinery that would enable them add value to their maize. The farmers under Kapsukwar Farmers’ SACCO, totaling…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu cooperatives to be probed over mismanagement, unprofessionalism
GULU-Plans are underway to probe cooperative societies in Gulu district over allegations of mismanagement, unprofessionalism, and operating under closed doors. According to Gulu district commercial officer, Patrick Ojok Lakica, several members belonging…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Pooling resources: UCSCU SACCOs raise over Shs 890mln for re-capitalisation
KAMPALA – SACCOs subscribing to Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union [UCSCU] have pooled resources of about Shs 897 million to re-capitalise members as they grow their businesses. Through the central finance…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BoU readying to regulate big SACCOs, pledges to work with UCSCU
KAMPALA– The Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions [Registered Societies] Regulations, 2022, will enable the Bank of Uganda [BoU] to license and supervise large SACCOs in the country as mandated under the Tier 4 Microfinance…
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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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International
Crucial legislation for UK co-operatives taken forward by government
LONDON-Co-operatives UK is celebrating after government days ago announced it was taking forward crucial legislation giving co-operative societies the option of legally guaranteeing that their assets are held in common. Sir Mark…
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