Coffee remains Uganda’s leading cash crop and one of the leading foreign exchange earners for the country Parliament on Wednesday passed the controversial National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, effectively dissolving the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The passage of the Bill, which reshapes the country’s coffee regulatory framework, sees the
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42 percent of Uganda’s population aged 16 and above save money using different mechanisms while 58 percent don’t save at all, the 2024 National Population & Housing Census report reveals. During the 2024 census, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) asked Ugandans the type of saving mechanisms they used in the last 12 months preceding the NPHC
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Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, the Electoral Commission Chairperson The Electoral Commission has commenced the nationwide exercise for identification and mapping of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on the National Voters Register in preparation for the 2025/2026 General Elections. The exercise kicks off on Monday 4th November 2024 and runs up to Wednesday 13th November 2024.
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Tomislav Momirović, Minister for Internal and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Serbia, and Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, State Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives signed on behalf of their countries respectively. Uganda and Serbia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Bilateral Air Services
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Eng. Jossy Balissa Kuta in his coffee farm in Luweero. Coffee is Uganda's leading cash crop . Buganda and Bunyoro are one of the top coffee growing regions in Uganda The 2024 National Population & Housing Census report has revealed that the highest percentage of agricultural households (53%) undertook agricultural
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The 2024 National Population & Housing census results show that nine percent of individuals aged 10 years and above (2.8 million people) used internet facilities in the 12 months prior to the census. Of these, the report says, 67 percent used it for social networking while 16 percent used it
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The census report also reveals that about 21 percent of the women in the 45–49 age group were childless and 25 percent had 8 children or more. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) among Ugandan women is 4.5 children per woman, the 2024 National Population & Housing Census has revealed. This is a
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75% of the households receive remittances in the form of money The 2024 National Population & Housing Census (NPHC) shows that out of 10.6 million households in Uganda, 155,200 (about 1.5 percent) received remittances during the last 12 months preceding the NPHC 2024. Remittances are household incomes originating from foreign
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3.5 million households are unable to meet their basic requirements Thirty-three percent of Ugandan households (3.5 million) are in the subsistence economy compared to 67 percent (7.2 million) in the non-subsistence economy. This revelation is contained in the 2024 National Population & Housing Census released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics
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Only 13.6 million people in Uganda own a mobile phone The 2024 National Population & Housing Census has revealed that 43 percent of individuals aged 10 years and above (13.6 million persons) in Uganda owned a mobile phone as of May this year (when the census was conducted). The report adds that 56.7% of
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