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UNRA gives Lira City Shs 119mln to repair faulty streetlights
LIRA-The Uganda National Road Authority [UNRA] has given Shs 119 million to Lira City council to fix faulty streetlights installed under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development [USMID] programme bankrolled by the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kikuube Emyooga funds defaulters face arrest
KIKUUBE– The state Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has given defaulters of Emyooga funds in Kikuube district a two-month ultimatum to have clear their loans or face the wrath of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM: Kibuku parish chiefs to be probed over extortion
KIBUKU – The Parish Development Model [PDM] deputy national director, Jovrine Kaliisa Kyomukama has directed the office of Kibuku chief administrative officer to investigate some of the parish chiefs in the district…
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Development
Bugisu women choking on loans from illegal money lenders
MBALE- There is a growing concern as some businesswomen in Bugisu Sub-region choke on small loans given by unlicensed money lenders. The unlicensed moneylenders nicknamed ‘Team No Sleep’ have caused havoc in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga: Shs 1.7bln not yet recovered in Kumi
KUMI – The authorities in Kumi district are struggling to recover about Shs 1.7 billion advanced to various Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies [SACCOs] under Emyooga Programme. In 2021, government through Microfinance…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Don’t’ touch PDM money, civil servants warned
MBALE – The Parish Development Model [PDM deputy national coordinator, Jovrine Kaliisa Kyomukama, has warned civil servants in Bugisu Sub-region against misuse of the money meant for the programme, saying they stand…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bitter lesson as Mbale City officer refunds PDM money
MBALE-The Mbale City production officer Dr. Simon Massa has refunded Shs 8 million that was meant to pay members on the city’s Parish Development Committees [PDCs]. Dr Simon Massa, who is also…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low production crippling VSLAs in Gulu
GULU- Low engagement in income generating activities among members of Village Saving and Loan Associations [VSLAs] in Gulu City is crippling their growth, according to the city commercial officer, Nixon Komakech. VSLA…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bulambuli: Govt asked to expedite release of PDM funds
BULAMBULI- Members of Parliament in Bulambuli district have asked government to urgently disburse parish development model [PDM] funds to the beneficiaries who are eager to implement their activities. The legislators said giving…
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Cooperatives & Communities
WSACCO trains Mbarara SACCOs in financial literacy
MBARARA-The Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO] has extended financial literacy training and shared experience with SACCOs in Greater Mbarara districts as one way of giving…
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