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Ugandan coffee ranked high as Museveni seeks to bolster European and American markets
KAMPALA – Ugandan coffee will soon find its way to the European Balkan States market following a concerted effort by President Yoweri Museveni to bolster Uganda’s trade links beyond Africa, a continent…
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Gulu Logistics Hub to start operations in March 2023
GULU-The operation of Gulu Logistics Hub [GLH] will commence in March 2023 after the completion of phase one of the project, according to a top official. The Shs 29.5 billion hub is…
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International
Co-op councils head to Mondragon for lessons in economic revival
LONDON-The Co-operative Councils Innovation Network [CCIN] took a two-day study visit to the world-leading worker co-op federation to see if any of its successes can be replicated in the United Kingdom. With…
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International
Crucial legislation for UK co-operatives taken forward by government
LONDON-Co-operatives UK is celebrating after government days ago announced it was taking forward crucial legislation giving co-operative societies the option of legally guaranteeing that their assets are held in common. Sir Mark…
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International
Co-op Party conference slated for October after two years
LONDON-The Co-operative Party will hold its 2022 annual conference at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, the UK on October 8-9, 2022. Themed From crisis to co-operation, the event is the organisation’s first…
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International
Tanzania bans donkey slaughter to stop risk of extinction
ARUSHA– In Tanzania, the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Mashimba Mashauri Ndaki, has declared a ban on donkey slaughter for the skin trade. In a budget speech to Parliament, the minister noted…
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ULC Shs 10.6bln scandal: COSASE asks claimants to put bribery allegations in writing
KAMPALA– Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises [COSASE] has urged beneficiaries of the Shs10.6 billion land compensation to put their bribery allegations against Uganda Land Commission [ ULC ]…
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SAGE: Govt spends Shs 2bln on the elderly in Lango
LIRA– Government has cleared the accumulated payment arrears worth Shs billion for the elderly in the Lango sub-region. The elderly in the districts of Apac, Kwania and Kole received three months’ payment…
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Cooperatives & Communities
£200mln invested to transform community businesses
LONDON – More than £200 million has been invested in UK community businesses in the last decade, using community shares – a unique form of finance. And a major fund has re-launched…
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