The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja says Government is soon phasing out distribution of free seedlings to farmers. This was during a two- day visit to farmers in Nebbi and Pakwach Districts in West-Nile under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) arrangement. He told farmers
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched the Expert National Task Force on the Fourth World Industrial Revolution (4IR) on 8th April 2019, at State House Entebbe. The president’s message to the team and Ugandans was, be optimistic but cautious: Move carefully as we embrace the New Technologies popularly referred to as
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Equity Bank Uganda Ltd is increasingly becoming a dominant financial institution in Uganda’s banking industry. Having joined the Ugandan market over 10 years ago, the bank has come up with strategies aimed at making it the number one bank in Uganda in 10 years to come. In a market of
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has named 817 companies that have been declaring losses since 2017 to avoid paying taxes, URN reports. They include among others Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Limited which declared a loss on 48.6 billion Shillings in 2017, National Water and Sewerage Corporation Shillings 293 billion in 2018, Bank
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State House has increased its budget to Shs407.138Bn in 2019/2020 Financial Year, up from Shs274.052bn received in 2018/19 FY. This represents an increment of 48%. With the 2021 general elections drawing near, the money will be used to mobilize masses towards political and socio-economic transformation, industrialization, and improved quality of
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) says it needs Shs140bn to keep the city free from garbage. The Authority’s disclosure was made in the 2019/2020 ministerial policy statement for KCCA by the Presidential Affairs Committee in which MPs expressed concerns over the poor sanitation conditions in Kampala Capital City after taking
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Climate change can't be halted if we carry on degrading the soil, a report will say. There's three times more carbon in the soil than in the atmosphere – but that carbon's being released by deforestation and poor farming. This is fuelling climate change – and compromising our attempts to
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John Deere, an American Corporation that manufacturesagricultural, construction, and forestry machinery will tomorrow announce major steps that they are taking to change Uganda and Africa’s agricultural sector in 2019. The announcements will be made at the 11th edition of the Information Communication and Technology for Development Conference (ICT4D) which kicks off tomorrow
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Police have intensified the hunt for their own officer, ACP Siraje Bakaleke whose photograph appears above. According to a statement dated April 29, 2019 issued by Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga on behalf Of Inspector General of Police, Bakaleke “is wanted by the Anti Corruption Division of the High Court for
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Slow economy? Few customers? No demand for your products? That’s probably because you’re making a few mistakes that are impacting your growth. Sometimes it’s even the inadvertent or indirect mistakes that accumulate over time and discourage customers from coming to you. Below are a few pointers to help you avoid
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