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Minister calls for more investment in electricity sector
KAMPALA, September 20, 2024 — The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has urged Members of Parliament to support more investment in last-mile electricity connections to support Uganda’s value addition…
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Teso war claimants to form new multipurpose cooperative union
SOROTI, May 9, 2024 – The Chairman for Teso war claimants, Julius Ocen says as they prepare to receive their war loss compensation money from the central government, plans are underway to…
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MPs demand timely compensation of war claimants
KAMPALA, April 3, 2024 – Members of Parliament have put government to task over failure to compensate Ugandans affected by conflict and war in Uganda. Jonathan Ebwalu, Soroti West Division legislator alluded…
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UIA probed over mischarged expenditure
KAMPALA, February 21, 2024 – Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises [COSASE] has tasked the Uganda Investment Authority [ UIA ] to explain the unauthorised use of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Museveni moots doubling PDM money
ARUA – The money being received by parishes each financial year under the Parish Development Model [PDM] could be doubled to Shs 200 million, according to President Yoweri Museveni. Official government documents…
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Cooperatives & Communities
How West Nile Cooperative Union spent Shs 2bln govt donation
ARUA –West Nile Cooperative Union has spent close to 80 percent of the Shs 2 billion government donation on capital accumulation meant to increase and diversify production. In the financial year 2021/2022,…
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Energy & Mining
West Nile leaders warn unreliable power could derail PDM
ARUA – Leaders in West Nile have warned that the intermittent power supply in the sub-region could derail the progress of the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The leaders raised the matter last…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Nile Cooperative Union to petition Museveni over Shs 9.7bln compensation
ARUA – Leaders of West Nile Cooperative Union say they will petition the Office of the President over Shs 9.7 billion that government has failed to compensate them. The tobacco farmers’ cooperative…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Nile Cooperative Union members to benefit from housing project
ARUA – West Nile Cooperative Union in partnership with a private firm, East Eden, plans to provide low-cost housing units to its members. Through the project dubbed, ‘Holistic Empowerment and Revival Approaches…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Nile Effort for Museveni SACCO grows membership
ARUA-West Nile Effort for Museveni SACCO membership is fast growing its membership, its officials say. This SACCO founded by the late former MP of Arua Municipality, Ibrahim Abiriga in early 2000 has…
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