Minister Peter Ogwang Uganda’s State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Peter Ogwang has faulted Ministry of Agriculture for buying agricultural inputs like cassava for poor farmers without consulting the stakeholders and beneficiaries. In a statement released on Tuesday, Ogwang stated that the ministry procured cassava cuttings for farmers at
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A worker picks up leaves from cannabis plants inside a greenhouse of Medigrow, a Lesotho-Canadian company that grows legal cannabis, located near Marakabei, in Lesotho on August 6, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLEM SARTORIO | AFP Rwanda has approved the cultivation and export of cannabis even as the use of the
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Many African countries have eased restrictions including reopening schools The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that more than 800 million Africans could be infected with coronavirus, if the virus is allowed to spread deliberately with the aim of achieving herd immunity. The projection is a worst case
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Candidates in Uganda's upcoming parliamentary elections have until Thursday to pay a nomination fee of a little more than $800 to the Electoral Commission. However, some don't have the money, forcing political parties to appeal for support on social media. Last week, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as the singer Bobi
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President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off Agro-Processing Equipment for post-harvest and value addition farmer organisations at Namalere Agricultural Referral Mechanization Centre in Wakiso district. During the commissioning ceremony, the President also handed over a cheque worth 60 billion shillings to the recently awarded grant beneficiaries. The equipment, which is part
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The cabinet in Rwanda has reduced night-time curfew by two hours as the number of new coronavirus cases reduces. The curfew will now run from 22:00 to 04:00 local time. Public transport will operate at full capacity for sitting passengers and half capacity for standing passengers. People attending conferences will
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Susan Muhwezi/NTV photo The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is seeking for Shs650M to purchase a car for the Senior Presidential Advisor on The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a position held by Susan Muhwezi. The details are contained in an addendum to the Supplementary Schedule for
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President Yoweri Museveni and some key Government officials pose for a group photo on Saturday at State House, Entebbe. This was after meeting a team from Umeme, led by Chairman Patrick Bitature and MD Selestino Babungi President Yoweri Museveni and some key Government officials on Saturday met with a team
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(L-R) Former BOU Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende, Rotary District Governor, DG. Rosetti Nabbumba and Uganda Breweries Managing Director Alvin Mbugua during the commissioning of Gravity Water Project in Bududa District Over 2,000 residents of Buwali Sub county, Bududa district are set to benefit from the recently commissioned UGX 335M
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China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control the pandemic. The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to poorer nations as soon as they are developed aims to head
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