By Dr. Ezra Suruma There are indeed many things we do not understand about rationalization. My understanding of “Rationalization” of government agencies is to cut cost. Yet when we proposed Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in 1990 we provided a revenue source for it so that it would not need money from government.
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Mayiga visiting John Ssentongo Kyamanyi’s five-acre coffee farm in Butambala district recently Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom, has explained why retaining Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) as an independent entity is in the best interest of the stakeholders. Mayiga says the Buganda’s ‘Emmwanyi Terimba’ Initiative was
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The training program is being facilitated by Vectra Energies and is specifically designed to address the needs of SMEs that are looking to participate in Uganda’s rapidly growing oil and gas industry. As part of its corporate strategy to promote local content and strengthen Uganda’s oil and gas sector, CNOOC Uganda
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Absa MD, Mumba Kalifungwa (in red t-shirt) in a group picture with District Governor of Rotary Uganda (D9213), Anne Nkutu (extreme left) and other dignitaries Absa Bank Uganda, Rotary Uganda and My Tree Initiative Organization, have launched a schools greening programme aimed at engaging 90,000 students in planting and
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Balaam Barugahara congratulates Dr. Talemwa (Left) upon the launch of the IRIS Imaging Centre last Friday. On Friday, October 25, 2024, TMR International Hospital hosted its stakeholders, including partners and clients, to a cocktail at their Naalya Branch. The Minister of State for Children and Youth Affairs in the Ministry
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Charged: Former MP Sam Bitangaro The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has charged former Bufumbiro South County MP Sam Bitangaro for conspiring with four others to defraud Kiboga Twegate Cooperatives Society Limited of more than 1.3 billion Shillings. The others are: Lawyer John Francis Onyango Owor, (Stella Kakuba a
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Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has condemned the government’s decision to return the Uganda Coffee Development Authority -UCDA to the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisherie-MAAIF. Speaking to the media at NUP headquarters on Monday, Kyagulanyi alleged that this
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Eng. Jossy Balissa Kuta in his coffee farm in Luweero. Coffee is Uganda's leading cash crop . Buganda and Bunyoro are one of the top coffee growing regions in Uganda The 2024 National Population & Housing Census report has revealed that the highest percentage of agricultural households (53%) undertook agricultural
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KCCA cleaners praying for their former boss, Dorothy Kisaka In their thousands, Kampala cleaners have implored the President to consider pardoning ex-KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka and the other two directors with whom she was fired and subsequently put on trial over the 35 lives that were lost because of
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Equity Bank’s Managing Director Anthony Kituuka (pictured) is making a special trip to Dubai to personally connect with customers and showcase the bank’s commitment to serving its global members. The visit follows weeks of dedicated service by Equity staff in Dubai. Kituuka will join the team to continue strengthening the bank’s relationship
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