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Cooperatives & Communities
Kumi district kicks off disbursing funds to PDM SACCOs
KUMI – Kumi district has started the disbursement of the Shs 4.5 billion to different SACCOs registered under the Parish Development Model [PDM], with a warning to the beneficiaries against mismanagement of…
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Museveni warns officials against mismanaging PDM money
KAMPALA-President Yoweri Museveni has put corrupt officials on notice over the Parish Development Model [PDM], a programmme he launched early last year to fight poverty in Uganda’s poor households. In a special…
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World Bank gives over Shs 800 bln to support women entrepreneurs in Uganda
KIRUHURA – The women entrepreneurs benefiting from the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme [UWEP] are to receive more funds from the World Bank to run mega projects. According to the Minister for Gender,…
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Apaa land conflict: Adjumani leaders promise to fight on
ADJUMANI: Adjumani district leaders have vowed to fight to protect Apaa land also claimed by the Acholi community Amuru district. Speaking to the journalist on March 2, 2023, the Adjumani district LCV…
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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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Agriculture
Museveni pledges tractor to Omoro coffee farmers
OMORO– President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to give a tractor to coffee farmers in Lakwana Sub-county in Omoro district. The beneficiaries are expected to be out growers under MK Morden Organic Naturals,…
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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
Museveni to support journalists’ SACCOs
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to support journalists’ SACCOs across the country. Museveni made the commitment on Saturday in response to a request by leaders of Uganda Journalists Association [UJA].…
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Banyoro disagree with govt over compensation of ‘Baganda’ absent landlords
KAKUMIRO – A group of activists under the umbrella Mubende Bunyoro Committee [MBC] are not happy that government decided to compensate ‘Baganda’absent landlords instead of the Banyoro who are the rightful owners…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form SACCOs, VP Alupo urges journalists
KAMPALA-Vice President, Jessica Alupo, has called upon journalists in Uganda to form SACCOs if they are to benefit from the government’s poverty alleviation programmes. Alupo was addressing journalists at a symposium organised by…
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