Uganda
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Cooperatives & Communities
Value added pumpkins boost Gulu Farmers savings
GULU – A local farmer group in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is adding value to pumpkins in a bid to cut out the middle man and earn more money from the fruit.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Women Boda-boda riders ask government for support to buy own motorcycles
FORT PORTAL – Women boda-boda riders under their umbrella association Fort Portal Women Boda-Boda Riders and Farmers Association have asked the government for support to buy their own motorcycles. The association’s Chairperson…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mbarara City to host the National Meteorological Day, focusing on farming seasons
MBARARA – Uganda will today join the rest of the world to celebrate the World Meteorological Day. According to Lillian Nkwenge, the Principal Communications Officer (PCO) at Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA),…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Vendors seeking government support after Elegu market fire outbreak
AMURU – Victims of last month’s fire outbreak at Elegu Border Market that saw items worth more than Shs3 billion destroyed have appealed for government support to help their businesses recover from…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kole North MP Acuti donates three ambulances worth Shs 300m
KOLE – Kole North MP, Dr Samuel Opio Acuti has donated three ambulances worth Shs 300m to ease referrals, transportation of patients, emergency cases and access to maternal services to expectant mothers.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ayugi-Pugwang Cooperative Society demand UPDF to vacate their land
AMURU – Members of the Ayugi-Pugwang Cooperative Society Limited in Pabo sub-county and Town Council in Amuru district are demanding Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to vacate their land. The land measuring…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ministry of work launches investigations into increased road accidents in Bunyoro
KIKUUBE – Ministry of Works and Police have launched an investigation into the increasing accidents on oil roads in Bunyoro region. A team from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), the Director of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Alebtong gets two new health units
ALEBTONG – The construction and upgrading of two health units in Alebtong district to improve access to health services delivery in the district has been completed and now awaits handover. The health…
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Cooperatives & Communities
The 3rd cooperative strategic research launched, cooperators advised on mindset change
KAMPALA – The Uhuru Institute for Social Development (TUI) recorded another milestone after successfully launching the third strategic research report on cooperative resilience. The research conducted in 2020 titled “Upholding Cooperative Identity…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MPs demand for the President’s intervention into the Bukinda evictees’ concerns
KIKUUBE – The Kikuube district Members of Parliament(MPs) have demanded that President Museveni intervenes in the misery of the Bukinda evictees who are currently camped at the office of Kikuube Resident District…
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