Uganda: Govt to Give Out Low-Interest Loans - Not Funds, Food (AllAfrica.com)
Story date: 2007-10-01 02:50:51
Added on: 2007-10-01 21:00:17
President Yoweri Museveni has said the government will empower people to fight poverty by providing them with low-rate interest loans and agricultural implements, and not handouts of food and money.
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