A group of VSLA members posing for a photo/Credit - Oxfam in Nigeria via Ikechukwu Okeagu The African Union Kampala Summit of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) will be held from January 9 to 11, 2025 at the Speke Resort. Women constitute the majority of actors in Africa’s
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URA Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi For the Financial Year 2024/25, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development gave the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) a net revenue target of Shs 31.3 trillion. Of this, 48% (Shs 14.9 trillion) was to be collected in the period July–Dec 2024. 52% of
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A polling official assist a voter to cast a ballot. By Denis Jjuuko Just like that, we are in 2025. It was just the other day when politicians were all over the place, crisscrossing our beautiful country telling stories and endearing themselves to the voters. The season for political
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President Yoweri Museveni officially launched the Parish Development Model (PDM) at Kibuku Primary School, Kibuku District in Bukedi Sub-region in 2022 In a bid to reduce on the number of households still gripped in subsistence economic activities and way of survival (mainly through rudimentary agriculture, gathering & hunting), President Museveni
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The 23 tons of cocoa was recovered and exhibited at the Central Police Station in Luwero. On January 6, 2025, the Territorial Police in Luwero CPS, Savannah Region, registered a suspected case of theft of 23 tonnes of cocoa. The cocoa was allegedly offloaded at the residence of Mr.
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The Bank of Uganda has reduced the frequency of the review of the Central Bank Rate, to allow for more comprehensive economic analysis and enhanced forecasting accuracy. This, the Bank says, will in turn enable the management to "build upon our established track record of effective policy decisions." The Monetary
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In a bid to reduce the number of people and households still being trapped under a subsistence way of life, President Museveni did promise mitigation during the campaigns for 2021. He rightly stated that it was unacceptable to have 3.5 million households being totally excluded from the money economy, largely
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The final report for the 2024 census exercise is out, and it shows general improvement in the quality of life the majority of Ugandans are living. The country roughly has 46 million people, of whom 44.4 million live in well-designated households (technically categorized as the household population) and another 1.6
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A flyover project in Kampala city. The final copy of the 2024 census report is out. It's a 351-page report whose contents have duly been authenticated by UBOS Executive Director Dr. Chris Mukiza and Governing Board Chairman Dr. Albert Byamugisha. The report captures many things and economic development indicators,
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For many years, President Museveni has been very passionate about diminishing the levels of poverty and material deprivation among the people of Uganda. The 2024 census final report shows that Uganda, as of May 2024, had 10.7m households of which 3.5m (or 33%) were living under very depriving poverty
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