Minister Kyomukama (2nd L) concurs with Commissioner Katushabe. Left is COMESA team leader Adikiny Olwenge and R Director Ronny Barongo. Uganda has committed to join the continental arrangement for a joint air transport market by the end of June. The commitment was made by Transport and Works State Minister Fred
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has revealed that Uganda has finally left the grey list after fulling some requirements needed to counter money laundering in its banking system. The pronouncement was made by the Ministry of Finance on its official X formally Twitter handle where the Ministry
Read MoreDr. Gerald Kyalo, the Director Development Services at UCDA Uganda through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has adopted the fastest approach to ensure that the country’s coffee is deforestation-free and continues to access the European Union market in line with the new regulations. On 5th December 2022, the European Parliament
Read MoreAfrican Heads of state in a group photo after the AU after the AU Summit in Ethiopia The African Union (AU) heads of state Assembly has endorsed the G25 Kampala Declaration on coffee, making coffee a strategic crop for the continent. The heads of state made coffee a strategic commodity for the
Read MoreUgandan Passports The Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported a significant drop in numbers of applicants for Ugandan passports. The Internal Affairs spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi said the Covid-19 pandemic saw an increase in the number of Ugandans applying for passports, prompting them to upgrade their system, in anticipation of
Read MoreKenya has yet to start exporting mangoes to the European Union. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya has yet to start exporting mangoes to the European Union (EU) more than two years after it lifted a self-imposed ban on shipments to the key market, officials said, citing low demand for
Read MoreAircraft parked at the Entebbe Airport Airside/CAA photo The Minister of Works and Transport, Katumba Wamala tabled the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2024, in which Government is proposing the harshest punishment of life imprisonment for anyone found liable upon conviction of hijacking or indulging in acts of violence on an
Read MoreParliament On Standby To Process Amendments To Civil Aviation Bill Aimed At Complying With International Standards
Gen. Katumba Wamala tabling the aviation Bill for First Reading. The minister is counting on MPs to avert the looming crisis Legislators are on standby to process amendments to the Civil Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to forestall hard-hitting recommendations from an international audit. Following the tabling of the Bill
Read MoreCircular Economy: AFDB Supports Uganda, 4 Other African Countries To Develop New Economic System
Uganda has been selected among five African countries to be supported by the African Development Bank to develop circular economy policies. A circular economy is an economic system based on the reuse and regeneration of products to continue production sustainably, minimizing waste, and increasing the life cycle of products. It
Read MoreGerman Coffee Firm Shuts Kenya Operations After Chaotic Sector Reforms
A global coffee miller has announced plans to shut its operations in Kenya next month as the bungled government-backed reforms in the coffee sector continue to disrupt the industry. NKG Coffee Mills Kenya, a member of Germany’s Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, says it will lay off staff by the end of
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