BusinessFocus Reporter

The Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner Mathew Tusubira has halted the distribution of fish fingerlings to farmers over poor quality. Busia district on Monday received 5,000 tilapia and catfish fingerlings worth 100.2 million Shillings to benefit 24 fish farmers under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program. The contract to distribute the

Authorities in Kiruhura district are bothered by reports that livestock farmers in the area are now using concoction to treat Foot and Mouth disease, a severe and highly contagious viral disease in cattle. An outbreak of the disease which affects cattle, swine, sheep, goats and other cloven-hoofed ruminants, was reported

The Uganda Shilling continued to appreciate against some major currencies in the region as well as the US Dollar, on Monday, compared to last week. The Bank of Uganda put the official exchange rate for the dollar at 3,529.39 buying and 3,539.39 selling by the close of the day. This

Police in Elegu Township in Amuru District are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested early on Saturday morning from his hideout home at Lorikwo West Cell, Elegu Town

Telecommunication companies continue to disconnect mobile telephone lines that are assigned to corporate organizations which have failed to comply with the guidelines issued last year.  The regulator says they have received complaints alleging failure and/or refusal by operators to adhere to the set SIM card registration processes, especially in respect

The newly appointed Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, David Livingstone Ebiru sees the bringing on board of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to embrace standards as one of the major challenges as he takes the mantle. Only if and when all the manufacturers and dealers