Power
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National
Electricity: Energy Ministry seeks Shs 128bln to connect homes
KAMPALA, December 6, 2023 – The Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development is seeking a supplementary budget of Shs 128 billion in the current financial year to connect 200,000 households across the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi cooperatives perturbed as value addition facilities lie idle
MASINDI, October 10, 2023 – Two cooperatives including Bwijanga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative in Bwijanga Sub-county and Bujenje Maize Farmers Cooperative in Bikonzi Sub-county are not utilising value addition facilities acquired under the Agriculture…
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International
U.S. coop expands its portfolio with power plant purchase
WASHINGTON DC – The acquisition of a private-equity-owned combined cycle power plant is the latest step that Rayburn Electric Cooperative [EC]has taken to meet the current and future needs of more than 500,000 Texans…
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Eastern
Lack of reliable power supply cripples business for Serere cooperative
SERERE – Due to a lack of reliable power supply, Kamurojo Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited is still grappling with low business activity, a year after the cooperative installed a rice huller to…
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Western
Kasese coffee cooperatives receive generators to boost value addition
KASESE – Coffee farmers in Kasese district have a reason to smile after receiving three generators to provide thermal power in the processing of soluble coffee. The Ministry of Water and Environment…
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Agriculture
Farmers train in financial literacy as harvesting season sets in
NGORA – Farmers in Ngora district have been trained in financial literacy as the harvesting season across the country draws closer. About 20 groups comprising 30 members each, benefited from the training…
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International
Cogecom’s power generation grows
BRAZILIA – Brazilian distributed generation cooperative Cogecom’s first quarter 2023 power generation grew by more than 150pc from full-year 2022 levels. Cogecom, which focuses on renewable power, generated what it said was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Power outage irks members of Kwania Salon Operators’ Emyooga SACCO
KWANIA – Members of Salon Operators Emyooga SACCOs in Aduku town council in Kwania district are crying over the prolonged power outage that has made them incur losses in the running of…
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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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Energy & Mining
Govt commissions power transmission project in Northern Uganda
NWOYA – The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has commissioned the Olwiyo substation and the 400KV Karuma-Olwiyo and 132KV Karuma-Lira transmission lines to boost power supply in the Greater…
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