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Cooperatives & Communities
Regulating large SACCOs: UCSCU drags BoU to court
KAMPALA – Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union [UCSCU] has dragged Bank of Uganda [BoU] and the Attorney General to High Court in Kampala, saying the central bank does not have the…
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Northern
Lango youth urged d to embrace saving culture
KWANIA – Dr. Joseph Abraham Odongkara, the former UK Principal Commercial Judge, now the provincial secretary attached to the Diocese of West Lango, has challenged the young people in Lango Sub-region to…
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East Africa
SACCO empowers pastoralists in Kenya
NAIROBI – Over 5,000 members, mostly pastoralists, have benefited from Northern Rangelands Trust Trading [NRTT] SACCO, established by community conservancy members as a vehicle for building businesses and diversifying their livelihoods. According…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO embraces soybean growing, reaps big
APAC – In addition to other crops, members of Abulomogo Maize Farmers’ SACCO in Apac district have embraced the growing of soybeans to boost their savings and fight household poverty. Abulomogo Maize…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Don’t rush to become MDIs, big SACCO told
MBARARA – The chairman Besania SACCO in Mbarara Benson Nduhura has advised thriving SACCOs in western Uganda to transform into multipurpose cooperatives to boost members’ savings instead of hurrying to become microfinance…
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Finance & Banking
NSSF launches campaign to recruit more members
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] senior public relations officer, Victory Karamagi says they have launched a campaign aimed at encouraging more employers in the country to register…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mushanga SACCO board members re-elected at AGM
SHEEMA – The chairman of Mushanga SACCO, Gilvazio Bafaki alongside other former members of the board was last Saturday unanimously re-elected to serve for the second term of office, which takes four…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbale youth, women urged to join SACCOs
MBALE – The youth and women in Mbale district have been advised to join SACCOs to develop a savings culture and accumulate wealth in the years ahead. The Bungokho South County Member…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara grape cooperative holds first AGM, members urged on loan payment
MBARARA – Mbarara City Woman Member of Parliament, Rita Atukwasa Bwahika, has challenged cooperative members to always repay their loans on time. While attending Mbarara Grape Farmers Cooperative Society’s elective annual general…
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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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