Government will register all coffee farmers across the country Parliament has at long last passed the controversial National Coffee Bill 2018 with Clause 26giving Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) powers to register all coffee farmers. The registration will entail capturing details of the size of land, number of coffee trees,
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It seems Government isn’t about to open places of worship. This is because Ruth Nankabirwa (pictured), the Government Chief Whip has told Ugandans not to relax on prayers from their homes as God exists everywhere not necessarily only in places of worship. Nankabirwa was responding to MP Keneth Lubogo’s concern
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Agriculture Minister, Vincent Ssempijja All is not well at Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), a body mandated to promote and oversee the coffee industry as a whole by developing research and controlling the quality and improving the marketing of coffee. UCDA was established by an Act of Parliament (The
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Just like her party boss, Bukono Lawmaker Princess Persis Namuganza has earned the endorsement of youth leaders in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party for the position of National Vice Chairperson. Namuganza is taking on Speaker Rebecca Kadaga for the position that will make her a Central Executive Committee
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SIMI Mobile Executive Board Secretary, David Okwere's temperature being tested using the newly unveiled Smartphone . SIMI mobile technologies, the subsidiary of Engo Holdings International has today unveiled a brand new, unique and the first of its kind mobile Smartphone at their factory located in Namanve Industrial Area. According to
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Uganda's Health Ministry has revealed that a total of 5,225,854 face masks have been delivered to Kampala Metropolitan Area, Wakiso and Mukono Districts. According to a statement issued by the ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine on Tuesday, an earlier communication by the Minister of Health, Hon.Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng
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Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira, the UCDA Managing Director During their board meeting sometime back, the directors of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) voted to renew the contract of Director Quality Assurance, Edmund Kyerere Kananura because his performance was very good. The same meeting chaired by board chairman Perez Bukumunhe blocked
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Ugandan artists have petitioned parliament over laws that they say are hurting the country's music industry. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga quoted the musicians as saying they were not consulted while the new legislation was being drawn up earlier this year. It includes the vetting of new songs to prevent negative comments
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Despite ending his permanent stay in Uganda last year, Alain Goetz continues to support the Entebbe Children’s Welfare Primary School, especially now that the Covid19 global pandemic has affected the finances of several of the school’s other benefactors. The school that caters for children with special needs has often relied
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The Chief of Staff Land Forces (COS- LF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has given an interactive lecture to the Local Defence Force (LDF) personnel undergoing refresher training at Kakiri Barracks, where he urged the trainees to work towards being citizens with reputable images.
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