Government will register all coffee farmers across the country MPs on Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries have unanimously agreed to adopt President Yoweri Museveni’s recommendations in the National Coffee Bill 2018. This is after the President recently returned the National Coffee Bill, 2018 to Parliament to review
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The State Minister for Animal Husbandry, Bright Rwamirama Government has imposed a quarantine on five districts in southwestern Uganda following the new outbreak of the Foot and Mouth Disease. The affected districts are Gomba, Isingiro, Kazo, Kiruhura and Sembabule where the disease has been detected in many herds.Movement on livestock
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Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (pictured), the former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate has threatened to withdraw his petition from the Supreme Court challenging the victory of his rival and incumbent President, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni. Speaking to reporters at the NUP headquarters at Kamwokya on Tuesday for the first time since
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Rajiv Ruparelia (L), the Ruparelia Group Managing Director with Prince Kassim Nakibinge after the ground breaking event Ruparelia Group through its construction company, VCON has been awarded the contract to construct a project for Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA) after emerging as best bidders out of 14 other companies that
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Msgr Mayombo talking to the staff at Muhiirwa's residence in Fort Portal. Virika Hospital staff in Fort Portal Tourism City on Tuesday morning laid down their tools, protesting poor working conditions at the facility.The about 60 staff marched to the residence of Bishop Robert Mubiirwa of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese
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Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) extended the deadline for filing and payment of January 2021 tax returns from 15th of February, 2021 to 17th of February 2021. Business Focus interviewed Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA,
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WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed two more versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for them to be rolled out globally through the COVAX facility, set up to ensure equitable access to the drug across
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Raphael Magyezi, the Minister of Local Government The operations of newly created sub-counties and town councils are hanging in balance after the Ministry of Finance failed to provide a budget allocation for the new administrative units.The government recently approved the creation of 364 sub-counties, 352 town councils and 10 cities
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NPA Executive Director, Dr. Joseph Muvawala The National Planning Authority (NPA) has asked Government to fully open up the economy, saying that the COVID-19 infections have greatly reduced. NPA Executive Director, Dr. Joseph Muvawala made the remarks while appearing before parliamentary committee on finance. He noted that last year NPA
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Kyambogo university is under fire after failing to account for Shs51bn from two financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19. This was unearthed by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) while meeting Kyambogo university officials led by the university secretary Charles Okello . PAC was scrutinizing the documents submitted by the University
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