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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni donates Shs 360mln to VSLAs in Gulu City
GULU – A total of 1,000 village savings and loan associations [VSLAs] in Gulu City have finally received Shs 360 million pledge from President Yoweri Museveni. The secretary general of the National…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Aduku Road Gangs SACCO gets new leaders
KWANIA– Members of Aduku Town Council Road Gangs SACCO have elected new leaders who will hold office for the next five years. Established in 2021 with 74 members, the SACCO comprises casual…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM SACCO leaders ineligible to access funds, govt official says
MBARARA- The Parish Development Model SACCO or PDM SACCO executive committee members are not considered as the beneficiaries of the programme, at least for now, this news website can say. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima: Officials directed to reconsider lists of PDM beneficiaries
HOIMA – Officials implementing the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Hoima district have been directed to correct mistakes after the discovery of names of ineligible people on the lists of the beneficiaries.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Namisindwa PDM officials arrested over extortion
NAMISINDWA – Five executive committee members of a local PDM SACCO in Namisindwa district have been arrested over allegations of extorting money from the beneficiaries of the government programme aimed at fighting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi credit cooperatives warned against depending on donor funds
MASINDI – Credit cooperatives in Masindi district have been warned against dependence on donor funds. The warning was sounded by Monica Tibemanya ,the Masindi Municipality Council commercial officer during the second annual general…
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Agriculture
Funding crippling mass food, seed production
LIRA– The government`s recently launched strategic mass food and seed productions in the country has been affected by poor release of funds in the first planting season. Dr. Laban Turygenda, the director…
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News
UWEP boosts livelihoods of women in Lira district
LIRA– The Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] is boosting the livelihoods of women in Lira district, according to reports. UWEP is an initiative of the Government of Uganda aimed at improving access…
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Africa
Ethiopia: Women’s cooperative fund transforms member’s family
ADDIS ABABA – Fantu Alemayehu, a member of a Saving and Credit Cooperative [SACCO] borrowed 3000 birr [US$ 86] three years ago while training in basic business and life skills. Today, she…
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News
Lira district struggling to recover Shs 808mln disbursed under YLP
LIRA – Lira district is struggling to recover Shs 808 million disbursed to various youth groups under Youth Livelihood Programme [ YLP ]. In the financial year 2014/2015, Lira district funded 127…
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