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@allafrica Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:20:36

BCU Seeks $120m Govt Support for Coffee Value Addition

[Independent (Kampala)] Mbale, Uganda -- Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) has written to the government requesting 120 million US dollars (about 483 billion shillings) to procure a modern coffee processing machine aimed at boosting value addition and increasing farmers' incomes. The request was revealed on Monday by the union chairperson, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, who is also the Budadiri West legislator, while addressing hundreds of delegates at the union's annual general meeting held at the BCU head offices in Doho, Mbale City Industrial Division,

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