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Report: Micro-Scale Irrigation Programme Mainly Benefiting Big Farmers As Average Cost of Irrigating 2.5 Acres Stands At Shs30.2m

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 13, 2025February 13, 20250

A beneficiary farmer of the Micro-Scale Irrigation Programme irrigating tomatoes. Irrigation uptake remains low in Uganda/MAAIF Photo The Micro-Scale Irrigation Programme under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer (UgIFT) Program that is implemented by Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is mainly benefiting the already existing commercial farmers. This

Report: Several Migrant Workers Illegally In Uganda & Doing Jobs Which Should Be Reserved For Locals

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 11, 20250

Several migrant workers are in Uganda illegally and doing jobs which should be reserved for locals, especially in the informal sector, where jobs do not require professional experience and qualifications. This is despite all the controls put in place by the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) to issue

Education News

UCE Results: 98.05% Of Candidates Qualify For UCE Certificate After Excelling In Competency-Based Exams

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 11, 2025February 11, 20251

Dan N. Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed that the overall results show that 350,146 (98.05%) of the candidates who sat for Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) in 2024 qualified for the UCE certificate. Under the competency-based assessment, there is no ranking of candidates

News

EC Extends Update Exercise Of National Voters Register For More Seven Days

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 10, 2025February 10, 20250

Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, the Chairperson Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for the ongoing exercise of general update of the national voters’ register. On Monday, 20th January 2025, the Electoral Commission commenced the General Update Exercise of the National Voters Register and informed the country that

Agribusiness News

Gov’t Advised To Reduce Co-Funding For Micro-Scale Irrigation Program To 10%

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 4, 20252

Irrigation uptake is still low in Uganda/MAAIF photo Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have described the 25% co-funding requirement for the Micro Scale Irrigation Program codenamed UGIFT as unaffordable by many farmers. In their report on the national Budget Framework Paper for the FY 2025/26, the Budget Committee

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Low Absorption Threatens To Fail Shs800bn World Bank Funded GROW Project

Taddewo William Senyonyi February 4, 20250

Low absorption of the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) project funds implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD) is threatening the success of the project, the Auditor General’s report for 2023/24 has revealed. The project aims to provide entrepreneurial services to enable

Analysis & Opinions News

Many State-Owned Companies Making ‘Significant’ Profits But Only Housing Finance Bank Is Paying Dividends To Gov’t-Auditor General

Taddewo William Senyonyi January 30, 20250

A number of state-owned enterprises are making profits but only one is paying dividends, the Auditor General has revealed. “I noted that only Housing Finance Bank Limited declared dividends of UGX.32.56Bn in the year under review (2023/2024) up from UGX.29.23Bn declared in the prior year. Out of the declared dividends,

Agribusiness

MAAIF Has A Shortfall of 3,324 Agric Extension Workers While Recruited Staff Lack Professional Certificates-Report

Taddewo William Senyonyi January 30, 202544

Uganda’s agriculture sector is headed for tough times after a new report indicated that the shortage of agriculture extension workers stands at 57%) while the recruited staff lack professional certificates to do the job. The revelation is contained in the Auditor General’s report for the Audit Year ended 31st December

Entrepreneurship News

Report Reveals The State of Entrepreneurship In Uganda As Low Business Registration Curtails Growth

Taddewo William Senyonyi January 28, 2025January 28, 20250

The Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Francis Mwebesa launching the state of entrepreneurship report in Uganda Uganda’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for an impressive 90% of the private sector, contributing 75% to GDP and employing over 3 million people. Despite this critical role, the MSME sector

Agribusiness News

Uganda Bags Shs424bn From December Coffee Exports As Harvesting Season For Fly Crop In Greater Masaka & South-Western Begins

Taddewo William Senyonyi January 26, 2025January 27, 20250

Uganda continues to earn big from coffee exports Uganda’s coffee exports in December 2024 amounted to 413,079 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 115.03 million (Shs424bn), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has said in the December 2024 Monthly report. This comprised of 365,853 bags of Robusta valued at