President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says he is not worried after Kenya seized Uganda’s milk products on their market saying the rest of the world is there to buy the milk. Few days ago Kenya blocked Uganda’s milk and dairy products, particularly Lato Milk on claims that Ugandan companies are exporting counterfeit and substandard products. Addressing farmers and other business people…
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries through the National Agricultural Advisory Services has distributed tractors to three farmer groups in Lira District. The three groups are Nyeko- rac community Farmers’ Cooperative Society, Itek- okile Rice Growers and Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd and Bar Orphan Widows and Widowers- (BOWW) Cooperative Society. Of the 11 farmer groups which applied to…
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Construction of a processing and storage facility has started in Soroti Municipality. The Shillings 18 billion project comes just months to the completion of Soroti Central Market under the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program Project-2 MATIP-2. The new project is co-funded by the African Development, 82% and Government of Uganda, 18%. The facility will be constructed by Coronation Developers,…
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A Chinese company Power China International Group Limited has submitted an application to construct the 840 Mega Watts Ayago hydropower plant on River Nile. According to the Uganda Gazette this week, the company seeks a license for generation and sale of electricity from Ayago dam on River Nile in Kiryandongo and Nwoya districts. The dam will cost more than USD…
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Parliament has approved proposals for additional funding for building and repairing district roads and also development of 13 airfields to boost tourism. The proposal will increase the works sector budget from shillings 5.9 trillion to 6 trillion next financial year. The committee argued that there is need to add shillings 40 billion in works sector budget to support meaningful development…
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Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) in a new awareness campaign against deforestation by encouraging the public to plant trees to foster sustainable development and save the environment. The employees of the two institutions will take part in a marathon relay from Kampala to Gulu involving other companies, to highlight the dangers of deforestation. The Two-day…
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At least 46 soldiers have been dropped from the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU over the last three years, Maj. Joseph Ssebukera, the Commandant of the unit on Eastern side of Lake Victoria has revealed. He told journalists at Masese Landing site in Jinja district on Tuesday morning that the soldiers were interdicted because of brutality and extortion. According to Ssebukera,…
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President Yoweri Museveni has asked judges not to make rulings that will interfere with the development of projects. Museveni argued that such rulings will affect the development of the economy. Museveni made the remarks on Tuesday at the opening of the four day annual 22nd Judges Conference at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. Citing the Sukulu Phosphate Project in Tororo District,…
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The Finance Committee of parliament has approved a request to recapitalise Bank of Uganda with Shillings 481billion in the 2020/2021 financial year. This is part of the recommendations in the Committee report on the National Budget Framework Paper on votes in the finance sector. In his presentation on Tuesday evening, the Finance Committee Chairperson, Henry Musasizi explained that the Bank…
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Farmers and local leaders in Luweero district have asked Uganda Coffee Development Authority to stop distributing coffee seedlings and prioritise other farm inputs so as to boost production. This follows a value for money audit report on production and productivity of the coffee sub sector for 2018/19 financial year by the Auditor General which revealed that despite the interventions made…
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