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Rujumbura Boda Boda Emyooga SACCO members have been urged to embrace saving and buying shares to increase sales in the SACCO.
These remarks were made by Madam Caroline Atuheire, Rukungiri District Principal Commercial Officer, during the Rujumbura Boda Boda Emyooga SACCO Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Tuesday at Marphies Hotel Hall in Eastern Division, Rukungiri Municipality.
Caroline further urged the Chairpersons of different group associations to sort themselves and find ways of getting money from those who borrowed money from the SACCO and failed to pay, as well as call for help from the SACCO committee to have the money recovered.
She further said they are working hard to revamp Emyooga SACCOs that are weak, saying many at first didn’t know how to use the money, and the government has added them money to grow and develop themselves, urging them to diversify and have projects that bring in money to the SACCO for the SACCO to have a lot of sales.
Chairman Rujumbura Boda Boda Emyooga SACCO, Julius Kwijuka, thanked H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for having given them Emyooga money without segregation in parties, saying as of now they have 50 million in circulation (loans) with 29 associations and 276 members, saying even very soon they will receive more to help develop themselves. He acknowledged a challenge of finding difficulties in collecting money from lenders, saying many fail to pay intentionally and others ran away and escaped as they thought it was free money given by the government.
He further urged members to pick money and use it as well as consider paying it back with the required percentage, saying if they want to have the SACCO develop, they should use the money well, not keeping it in the bank without being used. He urged them as well to increase the percentage at which they receive money and have a lot of money to have workers and buy a laptop to keep their documents well.
Kwijuka further urged his colleagues to prepare and welcome H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 26/11/2025 in Rukungiri District as well as give him their votes come January, calling upon members to have a lot of shares before they lend money plus buying shares.
