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Employees in Bunyoro urged to embrace saving culture to prepare for old age
HOIMA, March 16, 2026 — The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] Chief Commercial Officer, Geoffrey Waswa Sajjabi, has urged employees in the formal sector in the Bunyoro Subregion to embrace…
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Private Sector Credit hits Shs 25.3 trillion in December 2025 – report
KAMPALA, February 21, 2026 — The stock of outstanding Private Sector Credit [PSC] recorded in Uganda increased by 1.3 percent to about Shs 25.3 trillion in December 2025, up from Shs 25.025…
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Kenya: SACCOs urged to raise performance
NAIROBI, November 22, 2025 — Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in Kenya have been urged to intensify efforts to strengthen capital retention by expanding credit access to their members. Loan provision…
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Gov’t team visits Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, commits to fast-tracking key infrastructure
MBALE CITY, November 17, 2025 — A high-level government delegation led by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury [PSST], Ramathan Ggoobi, yesterday visited the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park to address…
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Coopérative U Plants Its Flag in Rwanda
KIGALI, September 13, 2025 — Coopérative U is planting its flag in a new African country: Rwanda. The independent retail cooperative has signed a partnership with the French group Duval, which is…
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Boost for real estate sector as Valuation Bill is passed
KAMPALA September 7, 2025 — Parliament has passed the Valuation Bill, 2024, following the adoption of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure’s report, which introduced sweeping reforms aimed at closing loopholes and professionalising…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Investor Patel acquires 1.29 stake in Co-operative Bank of Kenya
NAIROBI, January 22, 2024 – Kenyan tycoon Baloobhai Patel has acquired a 1.29 percent stake in Co-operative Bank of Kenya after buying an extra 20.5 million shares worth Ksh 232mln. Patel, whose…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Form Cooperatives to avoid exploitation, Kenyan envoy advises Lira farmers
LIRA, September 18, 2023 – Farmers in Lira district have been advised to form cooperatives so that they can have strong bargaining power when negotiating prices for their produce. The advice was…
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Sports
WSACCO donates to UPDF sports teams
MBARARA – Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO] has donated sports uniforms and balls to 19 football teams and 12 netball teams that are participating in the 15th edition of the…
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National
Private sector credit declined 0.2 percent in June 2023
KAMPALA – The total value of private sector credit [PSC] approved in June 2023 for disbursement by local commercial banks declined by 0.2 percent to about Shs 1.2 trillion, from about Shs…
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