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MPs Call For Increased Funding To UCDA, NaCORI

UCDA Managing Director Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye briefing MPs on the Agriculture Committee of Parliament MPs on the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Thursday toured Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)’s laboratory at UMA show grounds and the National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI) to know more about the two institutions are

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Oil & Gas: What Final Investment Decision Means For Ugandans, Economy

Lead partners in a group photo after announcing the FID International Oil Companies (IOCs) led by TotalEnergies and  China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) Tuesday afternoon joined the  Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Uganda’s oil and gas projects. The announcement was made by TotalEnergies

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Tirupati Sues KCB Bank Over Fraud In Shs 24.6 Billion Syndicated Loan, Accuses BoU Of Negligence

Tirupati Development (U) Limited has sued Bank of Uganda (1st defendant), KCB Bank Uganda (2nd defendant), KCB Bank  Kenya ((3rd defendant) and Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) – 4th defendant-over a number of grievances including negligence, money laundering, fraud and conspiracy to defraud, conversion, detinue, deceit, breach of fiduciary duty, breach

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Minister Tumwebaze Tables Strategies To Achieve Agro-Industrialization By 2026

Agriculture Minister,  Frank Tumwebaze The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Wednesday tabled strategies aimed at achieving Agro Industrialization in four years. While appearing before Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, MAAIF Minister Frank Tumwebaze said Agricultural Value Chain Development Strategy (AVCDS) 2021-2026 is one of the policy

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Meteorological Authority Explains Current Rains, Urges Farmers To Prepare For First Planting Season

Experts have attributed the current rain to the strengthening of Southern Pressure Systems (rain bearing systems) whose orientation shifted the rainfall belt over the country and consequently led to the observed rainfall events over most parts of the country. According to David Elweru, the Ag. Executive Director, Uganda National Meteorological

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Oil & Gas

Uganda’s Oil & Gas Sector To Attract Investments Worth Shs10.5 Trillion In 2022-Gov’t

Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director at Petroleum Authority of Uganda addressing the press Investments in the oil and gas sector are expected to grow to US$ 3 billion (Shs10.5 trillion) in 2022, Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director at Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), has said. During PAU’s annual media briefing held in Kampala

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