AGT’s banana plantings ready for transplanting By David Rupiny In the early 2000s, coffee and banana farmers faced a huge problem of bacterial wilt disease, which wiped out swathes of plantations across the country, especially in central and western parts of Uganda. “It was like a bush-fire sweeping across the countryside,”
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The nurses and other medics will be able to share their knowledge before returning to Kenya/AFP Kenya has signed a deal with the UK that will allow its unemployed nurses and other medics to work in the UK. Britain's Health Minister Sajid Javid and Kenya’s Labour Minister Simon Chelugi signed
Read MoreThe police have arrested a conman who has been fleecing money from headteachers, just hours to the release of the results of the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results. The suspect identified as James Bubumbi, a resident of Kasubi, a Kampala suburb has been arrested from Kyegwegwa District from where
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Each MP will get Shs3.5m iPad The Parliamentary Commission has finalised procurement of iPads for each MP, Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has revealed. In her communication during Thursday's plenary sitting, Among said Parliament has procured iPads for all members of parliament to assist them in performing their duties. The iPads will
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries- MAAIF has dispatched half a million doses of Fotivax, a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine. The doses will be distributed to 52 districts along the cattle corridor including Kiruhura, Lwengo, Kazo, Isingiro and Lyantonde. The Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries
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The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah made a return to Parliament today morning after more than a month of absence. He returned from the United Kingdom last week in what Parliament says was a private visit. Oulanyah last presided over Parliament at the reading of the 2021/2022 financial year Budget
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Jane Nalunga (L), ED SEATINI appearing before Parliament's Trade and Finance Committee Experts and activists have call on Government to re-evaluate the decision to inject Shs500bn in the revival of Uganda Development Bank (UDB) for facilitation of traders whose businesses were hit by the corona virus pandemic, saying the money has
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Uganda expected to produce oil and gas by the end of 2025. While it is hoped oil and gas will be a game-changer for the economy, some say it may be a risky bet by countries like Uganda that are about to extract their oil and gas resources. The fear
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The police in Moroto district have stormed storage facility at Kosiroi in Moroto along the Uganda- Kenya border where a businessman has been repackaging Uganda sugar in paper bags labelled Kenyan sugar.They impounded 250 bags packaged under Kabaras Sugar Factory, a Kenyan based sugar factory. The storage facility has been
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Uganda Airlines cabin crew members undergoing training at Entebbe Uganda Airlines has completed an extensive mandatory training of more than 40 of its cabin crew members in safety emergency procedures including evacuation of passengers, first Aid, fire fighting, ditching (water landing), smoke evacuation and crew incapacitation among others. According to sources, the comprehensive
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