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Africa
49mln people threatened by hunger in Eastern Africa – Climate agency
KAMPALA The Climate Prediction and Application Centre [ICPAC], a weather agency in the Eastern Africa region has predicted rather extreme weather conditions in the region running June to September 2023. The body…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Tehri DCCB concludes AGM
NEW DELHI – Indian Tehri-Garhwal District Cooperative Bank [ DCCB ] organised its 65th Annual General Meeting days ago, which was attended by the state cooperation minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat as…
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Western
NSSF targets informal sector to boost membership and savings
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] newly appointed managing director, Patrick Ayota, in an ongoing campaign, has encouraged employers in the informal sector to register their employees with…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Low uptake of PDM funds worries Kwania leaders
KWANIA – The low uptake of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds in Kwania district has left leaders worried. PDM, launched by President Yoweri Museveni in February 2022 is expected to lift…
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Cooperatives & Communities
New ICA Youth Leadership Exchange Programme aims to empower young cooperators
BRUSSELS – Five young people from Uruguay, Mexico, Ireland, Egypt and Indonesia met in Spain for a Youth Leadership Exchange Programme. The scheme forms part of a 10-day learning journey that will…
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Northern
Apac PDM SACCO leaders arrested over missing funds
APAC – Police in Apac district have arrested four PDM SACCO leaders for failure to account for Shs 51 million meant for the beneficiaries of the Parish Model [PDM]. The SACCO leaders…
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Northern
You are not beneficiaries of PDM, SACCO leaders, politicians told
APAC – The government has excluded members of the Parish Development Committees [PDCs] as well as politicians at the LCII level from benefiting from the Parish Development Model [ PDM ]. The…
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National
MPs dissatisfied with Lands Ministry handling of public land
KAMPALA – The Public Accounts Committee [PAC] [Central Government] has expressed concerns about the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development’s approach to managing public land. The committee chaired by Busiro East…
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Western
Don’t invest PDM money in cotton growing, Kasese beneficiaries warned
KASESE – The beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Kasese district have been warned not to invest the funds in cotton growing. The State Minister for ICT and National Guidance,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lango: Govt injects Shs 74bln in Emyooga Progamme, PDM
LIRA – Government has so far injected Shs 74 billion to support Emyooga Programme and the Parish Development Model [PDM] in the Lango Sub-region. This was said recently by the government chief…
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