SACCOs
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Emyooga Program Is Not Political –Lira RDC
LIRA –Appearing on 88.0 Voice of Lango FM, Lira Deputy Resident Commissioner rigorously fended off pointed allegations that the Presidential Initiative On Job and Wealth Creation, Emyooga program, was introduced to benefit…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Beneficiaries: Emyooga Cash For SACCOs Too Little
“You find a Sacco with over 500 members in different associations in a constituency getting Shs 30 million, do you expect it to help them out of poverty. I saw some members…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gulu Market Vendors Locked In Bitter Fight
GULU – The fast sprouting street markets in Gulu city have teed up a fierce battle between vendors in Gulu main market and roadside traders. Vendors in the main market are looking…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Court Summons Civil Servants Over Forgery
LIRA – Grade One magistrate’s court in Lira has issued summons for three civil servants accused of forging an attendance list of the annual general meeting of Ayago SACCO. The summons were…
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Cooperatives & Communities
51 SACCOs In Lira Get Emyooga Funds
LIRA –Fifty-one Savings and Credit cooperatives (SACCOs) in the Northern District of Lira have received Shs 30m each under the presidential initiative on job and wealth creation commonly known as Emyooga. Emyooga…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Budget: Kwania Cooperatives Get Shs 89m
KWANIA –The district local council has allocated Shs 89,378,000 million to run cooperatives next financial year. The money will go to the 14 fully registered Saccos in the Northern district, and 917 Village…
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Kwania boda operators Protest government tax
A government-pushed proposal to levy an extra tax of Shs 50,000 on motorcycles has touched off a fierce debate and protest among members of Kwania Boda Boda Savings and Credit Cooperative Society…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Rwampara SACCOs Get Nod To Borrow Emyooga Funds
RWAMPARA – April 14 was a day of celebration and a moment of renewed hope for members of saving groups in the Western district of Rwampara after they got the official nod…
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Zombo signs EFOTI deal To improve tea yields
WEST NILE –Tea growing in the West Nile district of Zombo has got an accelerating effort that could boost local production. Zombo Tea Growers’ Cooperative Society and Edwin Tea Foundation Initiative, EFOTI,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Emyooga accounts Frozen over cash theft
KIKUUBE – A slow-simmering scandal over the theft of Emyooga cash from a SACCO bank account in the western district of Hoima and the arrest of a local official there has brought…
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