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Cooperatives & Communities
Atiak Sugar Factory: Family members to face off in court over land deal
AMURU-The High Court in Gulu will hear the case in which family members are conflicting over the land Atiak Sugar Factory acquired from the family, with some members saying they were left…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mauritian Minister visits India to learn more about cooperatives
GUJARAT – Revealing a desire to acquaint himself with the cooperative movement in Gujarat, Soomil Duth Bholah, the Mauritian Minister of Cooperation and SMEs recently visited the famous Indian state. According to…
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Three Hoima Sugar Limited workers in trouble over assault of trader
KIKUUBE– Three Hoima Sugar Limited officials in Kikuube district are in trouble over allegations of assaulting a businessman. The victim, Fred Bakyali, 52, a sugarcane supplier for Kyejonjo Sugar Factory has lodged…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masindi district boss wants sugarcane farmers to form cooperative
MASINDI– Cosmas Byaruhanga, the former Chairperson-Masindi District Sugarcane Out-growers Association [MASGAL], who also doubles as the LC5 Chairperson of the district, wants the association which brings together Masindi district sugar cane farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane farmers root for national association
MASINDI– Sugarcane farmers in the country will soon have a national association that brings together farmers from the different sub-regions of Bunyoro, Busoga, Northern Uganda, and the Central region. Days ago leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Hoima Sugar Limited allows 200 farmers to harvest their crops
KIKUUBE– Hoima Sugar Limited has granted over 200 farmers a grace period of three months to harvest crops covering about 4370 acres before they vacate the land they had illegally occupied. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cane shortage forces Atiak Sugar Factory to close
AMURU– Atiak Sugar Factory, a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holding Company Ltd [ HIHC ], has temporarily stopped manufacturing sugar due to the shortage of sugarcane in the area. The factory has…
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Wildfire destroys more than 200 hectares of sugarcane plantation in Atiak
AMURU – Police are investigating yet another fire incident at Atiak sugar plantation that has reportedly destroyed more than 200 hectares. The Aswa River Region Police Public Relations Officer, David Ongom Mudong…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Sugarcane Cooperatives Will Save Farmers
MASINDI – On his inauguration day, May 20, Cosmas Byaruhanga promised to use his second term as Masindi District LCV chairperson to get farmers in all sectors in the western district organized…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Amuru Sugar plantation recruits 400 labourers for urgent sugarcane harvest after fire
At least 400 casual laborers have been urgently recruited and deployed to harvest the sugarcane that survived a wildfire at Amuru Sugar Plantation recently. Amuru Sugar plantation was gutted by fire on…
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