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MPs ask Government to write off YLP, UWEP loans over poor recovery

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Local Governments Public Accounts Committee have urged the government to consider writing off loans that were given out under the Youth Livelihood Programme and Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programs. The government undertook to implement the two programs in 2014 and 2015 respectively …

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Gov’t stuck with UGX 15Bn UWEP funds

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development is stuck with Shillings 15 billion that was recovered from women groups across the country under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP). Winfred Matsiko, the UWEP national coordinator says that the money is part of the Shillings …

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Parliament opposes transfer of UWEP funds to Parish Devt Model

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s proposal to move money from the Uganda Women Empowerment Project (UWEP) to the Parish Development Model (PDM) has been rejected by legislators who said that the move will affect the welfare of women. A total of Shs29.2 billion out of the UWEP budget of Sh32 …

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55 women in Lyantonde face prosecution for defaulting UWEP funds

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 55 women in the different enterprise groups in Lyantonde district are facing prosecution for defaulting on the public funds disbursed through the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program-UWEP. The women received the funds disbursed through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to strengthen …

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Lack of training crippling women associations in Kabarole

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Women groups in Kabarole and Fort Portal Tourism City are struggling to progress due to a lack of training and information on government programs.    The women argue that they form associations to improve their household incomes by engaging in farming and craft-making among other …

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