Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira, the UCDA Managing Director During their board meeting sometime back, the directors of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) voted to renew the contract of Director Quality Assurance, Edmund Kyerere Kananura because his performance was very good. The same meeting chaired by board chairman Perez Bukumunhe blocked
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Ugandan artists have petitioned parliament over laws that they say are hurting the country's music industry. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga quoted the musicians as saying they were not consulted while the new legislation was being drawn up earlier this year. It includes the vetting of new songs to prevent negative comments
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Despite ending his permanent stay in Uganda last year, Alain Goetz continues to support the Entebbe Children’s Welfare Primary School, especially now that the Covid19 global pandemic has affected the finances of several of the school’s other benefactors. The school that caters for children with special needs has often relied
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The Chief of Staff Land Forces (COS- LF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has given an interactive lecture to the Local Defence Force (LDF) personnel undergoing refresher training at Kakiri Barracks, where he urged the trainees to work towards being citizens with reputable images.
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Mr Laizer said he will use the money to build a school and a health centre in his community/ TBC A Tanzanian small-scale miner, who became an overnight millionaire in June for selling two rough Tanzanite stones valued at $3.4m (UShs12.5bn), has sold another gem for $2m (UShs7.3bn). The third
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Patrick Kamwaka, a senior tractor technician at Cooper Motor Corporation illustrates to a farmer on how to handle a tractor before ploughing Farmers in Kween district have tasked government to expedite works on the Muyembe-Nakapiripirit road, saying the poor road network has thwarted their efforts to realize meaningful returns from
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On course to ensure that every Ugandan has access to quality and advanced healthcare that meets international standards, International Medical Centre has opened a new branch in Soroti town to response to the healthcare needs of the people of Soroti and the surrounding areas. This move is aimed at ensuring
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Kenya imported 44,740 metric tonnes of white maize from the region in the second quarter of 2020 (during COVID-19 Lockdown), accounting for more than three quarters of the total grain sold across borders in the period in East Africa. The latest Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) East Africa
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Victoria University officials launching the new fees structure Victoria University, one of the fastest growing private Universities in Uganda, has announced a new fees structure that will support students with a 50% discount for new and existing students. This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has left many people’s
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A white rhino has given birth to a female calf at Uganda's Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, the Rhino Fund Uganda has said, bringing their total number at the reserve to 31. White rhinos were wiped out of the country in the early 1980s but their numbers have increased since the introduction
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