Tag Archives: SACCOs

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bureaucratic tendencies and mistrust among beneficiaries have been blamed for the slow progress of the Emyooga program in Masaka. Several of the intended beneficiaries in the area have continuously lost interest in the program with some withdrawing their membership from Savings and Credit Cooperatives- SACCOs. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization-Saccos in Mukono district are yet to recover funds that were disbursed to beneficiaries under the Emyooga program. The district registered 1,093 associations forming 51 Saccos in Mukono North, Mukono South and Nakifuma County. Each of the Saccos received 30 Million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate is hunting for more than 70 teachers accused of swindling money released by the government for teacher’s Savings and Credit Cooperation Organisations- Saccos. In an effort to boost the welfare of teachers following numerous strikes over poor pay, President Yoweri Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Private Teachers Union has petitioned parliament over the 20 Billion Shillings pledged to private teachers to help them recover from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak. In July 2020, President Museveni pledged 20 Billion Shillings to support teachers in private schools who were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations- SACCOs have raised concern about the delay to release funds under the emyooga program. More than 356 SACCOs were registered in Kampala to benefit from the 26 Billion Shillings. By February 12th, the government had disbursed over 4.240 billion Shillings …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kigezi Cooperative Union is struggling to restore primary farmer’s societies in an attempt to reinvent itself and engage in the coffee business. Registered in the 1960s, Kigezi co-operative union society progressed into one of the strongest coffee farmers’ cooperative movements in the country. However, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beneficiaries of the emyooga programme in Kitagwenda district are protesting under funding of their Saccos. Launched in August 2019, the programme aims at creating jobs and improving household incomes of Ugandans in the boda boda industry, taxi drivers, restaurant owners, welders and market vendors. The …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Less than half of the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies- SACCOs that the government registered to benefit from the Emyooga Initiative have received the funds. The initiative aimed at creating jobs and improving household incomes Ugandans in the Boda Boda industry, taxi drivers, restaurant owners, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has disbursed 4.240 billion Shillings to 140 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations-SACCOs in Kampala as part of the Emyooga initiative. The initiative is aimed at creating jobs and improving household incomes for 68 percent of Ugandans in the boda boda industry, taxi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 51 Savings and Credit Cooperatives-SACCOs in Katakwi district have each received 30 Million Shillings under the presidential initiative on job and wealth creation commonly known as Emyooga. The zonal manager, Micro Finance Support Center in Soroti, Simon Peter Egiriat says that each SACCO will receive …