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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers face challenges as rains intensify in Pader, other districts
PADER– Farmers in Pader and other neighbouring districts are finding it difficult to harvest their crops due to heavy rains that have also posed challenges to post-harvest handling. The most affected districts…
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News
Local communities on shores of Lake Albert get Shs 1.6bln water project
KIKUUBE-The local communities on the shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district have a reason to smile as they will no longer use contaminated water, following…
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News
Tooro Kingdom seeks Shs 1.2bln for next month’s Empango celebrations
FORT PORTAL – Shs 1.2 billion is needed to fund activities aimed at marking 27 years of Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV as king of Tooro Kingdom. The kingdom is to…
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News
MPs call for more money to fund road maintenance in districts
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament are not happy with the delay by government to release money to the Road Fund for the maintenance of roads in various districts of Uganda. MPs were concerned that…
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East Africa
Land, housing sectors take largest share of SACCO loans in Kenya
NAIROBI– A sectoral lending report by Kenya’s SACCO regulator, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority [SASRA] puts the land and housing sectors of the Kenyan economy as the biggest borrowers of Sacco loans, accounting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MSC disburses over Shs 600bln to Ugandan enterprises
LIRA– The Microfinance Support Centre [ MSC ] has in a report enumerated its successes and challenges since its inception two decades ago to be a source of cheaper loans for small…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Angry Ikwera Sacco members demand for their savings
KWANIA-Leaders of Ikwera SACCO are under pressure after failing to release Shs 114 million savings for its members. The SACCO located in Aduku town council, Kwania District currently has over 1,000 members…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Soroti cooperatives receive Shs 186mln machinery for value addition
SOROTI– Three farmers’ cooperatives in Soroti district have received machinery worth Shs 186 million to process their cassava into finished products, ready for consumption. The cooperatives include Community Link for Development Organization…
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Development
Hoima leaders call for sensitisation of Emyooga beneficiaries
HOIMA– Local leaders in Hoima district and Hoima city have called for more sensitisation of Emyooga beneficiaries so that the programme realises its intended objectives. Speaking at the celebrations to mark 20…
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News
Minister Lugoloobi calls for more research on Local Content Bill
KAMPALA– The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning Amos Lugoloobi has asked Members of Parliament to conduct extensive research on the Local Content Bill stating that in its current…
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