Parliament has disbanded the Agricultural Chemicals Control Board and recommended for the transfer of its functions to the Ministry of Agriculture, with MPs accusing the Board of looking on as counterfeit agriculture chemicals flooded Uganda’s market. David Bahati, Minister of State for Industries defended the proposal to disband the Board
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Coffee is Uganda’s leading cash crop Parliament has blocked a move by Government to merge Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADs), Dairy Development Authority (DDA) and Cotton Development Authority with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). All the four Ministers in the Ministry of Agriculture weren't in
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Speaker Among has asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to issue guidelines to schools to deter the current practice where learners are transported on trucks like cattle, warning that if the practice isn’t stopped, tragedy may occur in Uganda. “Children are being transported in those cattle trucks and you
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The engagements further cement dfcu’s dedication to fostering enduring relationships with its stakeholders and fortifying connections with its customers. In one month, dfcu Bank will be celebrating 60 years of existence and fulfilling its purpose of ‘Transforming Lives and Businesses in Uganda’. Throughout this year, the financial institution has made
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Martin Tumusiime (R), Co-founder of Yo-Waste and Clare Asiimwe (3R) Corporate Affairs Manager at Nile Breweries Limited join other 100+ Accelerator Leads during the kick-off ceremony in Leuven, Belgium. The 100+ Accelerator, spearheaded by AB InBev, the parent company of NBL, in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, and Unilever,
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Minister Hellen Adoa (Centre) pose for a group photo with members of UGAFMA and their partners during the launch of a two-day workshop in Kampala on Wednesday. Recent studies have shown that 6.8 million out of 9.3 million households in Uganda raise livestock as a source of livelihood. Further studies
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has lost a court case in the controversial Lubowa land. Court found that the evidence given by the former commissioner Survey and mapping that the land FRV 420 FOLIO 13 block 269 Plots 323,274,1322 was never vectorized in the system for reason that the
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Mwine Mpaka, the Chairperson of Parliament’s trade committee Parliament has approved the merger of Uganda Export promotions board and Uganda Free zones authority into one entity called the Uganda Free zones and Export Promotion Authority. The minister of state for industries David Bahati while introducing the bills for second reading
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Diana Ninsiima Kibuuka (Centre), the BNI Uganda National Director Uganda’s business community is set to strengthen its connections and seize new opportunities as Business Network International (BNI) Uganda hosts the BNI Expo, scheduled to take place on May 31 and June 1, 2024 at the UMA Show Grounds in Lugogo.
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The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the NYSE in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe have recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), children's cough syrup
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