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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed support for the European Union's regulations aimed at only accepting coffee exports from registered farmers and those grown on non-deforested lands. Recently, the European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law banning imports into the European Union of coffee, beef, soy, and other commodities if

Coffee facial and body scrub The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has achieved remarkable success through a project aimed at promoting the use and commercialization of improved crop varieties and livestock technologies. The USAID-funded initiative, known as the Feed the Future Uganda Agriculture Research Activity, was designed to facilitate the

New Leader of Opposition in Parliament: Joel Ssenyonyi The National Unity Platform has appointed Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi as the new Leader of Opposition in Parliament replacing Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba. Speaking today at the party headquarters in Kampala, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform said

The lucky winners with their motorbikes and a Toyata Hiace Vivo Energy Uganda, the leading distributor and marketer of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Uganda, has announced  the latest winners of the Shell Club promotion, rewarding customers with a Toyota Hiace and two motorbikes (boda bodas) under the Shell Club

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has revealed that in October 2023, Uganda earned Shs2.5Trn from its exports to its trading partners. “During October 2023, Uganda exported merchandise worth USD 688.69 million (Shs2.595Trn) in October 2023. This represented an increase of 8.96% in comparison to USD 632.06 million (Shs2.381Trn)

Legislators from Busoga have faulted their colleagues in Cabinet for failing to use their positions to eradicate poverty. The MPs observed that while they have three cabinet ministers and four state ministers in the current government, their participation in extending the national cake to the sub-region is invisible. They stated

The closure of the Uganda- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border at Mpondwe has left dozens of trucks stranded. DRC closed its border on Tuesday following the Wednesday general elections. Although the Kinshasa government declared that the border closure would take only 24 hours, all entry and exit points were

Ugandans living in the diaspora have convened a conference in London to discuss possible ways of participating in national development projects such as the transfer of knowledge, skills, and technologies among others to promote gainful employment. The two-day conference dubbed the “Outreach Mission” is being hosted by Ambassador Nimisha Jayant

 A woman preparing to start voting in Goma City The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decided to close all its borders with neighboring Rwanda on Wednesday as Congolese citizens cast their votes in the presidential election. The government cited security concerns and the aim to ensure a peaceful voting process