Farmers who are into piggery business should be smiling all the way to the bank, thanks to the ever rising pork prices. A kilogram of pork averages Shs15, 000 across the country. John Malinzi, an agribusiness Consultant attributes the soaring pork prices to a number of factors including swine fever
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The ruling means President Yoweri Museveni is free to stand in the next election The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case which challenged the Constitutional Amendment Bill, removing the age limit to contesting the presidency in Uganda. This means President Yoweri Museveni is allowed to stand for
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Uganda is the 3rd country with best coffee globally, if 1,229 professional coffee tasters from around the world are to be believed. According to beanpoet, the best coffee country in the world is Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s coffees, as a group, fell higher on the scale than those of any other country.
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Uganda’s fastest-growing e-marketplace, Suubula.com, has introduced a special section for groceries, allowing buying and selling of vegetables, fruits, beef, poultry, spices and fresh foods at affordable prices. A store owner can now list their groceries to attract millions of online customers. The public can as well choose groceries sold at
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A Vehicle being inspected at Kawanda Inspection Centre SGS, a company contracted by the Ugandan Government to carryout motor inspection, verification, testing and certification has refuted reports that it has been evading taxes. Appearing before Parliament’s Physical Infrastructure Committee chaired by Nakifuma County MP Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko today, SGS lawyers
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France's top civil court has ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga can be handed over to a United Nations tribunal in Tanzania for trial. Mr Kabuga was arrested in May at his home outside Paris after 26 years on the run. Once one of Rwanda's richest men, Mr Kabuga
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The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case which challenged the Constitutional Amendment Bill, removing the age limit to contesting the presidency in Uganda. This means President Yoweri Museveni is allowed to stand for re-election. Ugandan lawyer Male Mabirizi had petitioned the country’s Supreme Court, which upheld the
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President Yoweri Museveni Supporters Association has released a mobile application codenamed MY SEVO to help H.E Yoweri Museveni in conducting scientific campaigns. The application, which is the first of its kind in the whole world, targets over 10million smartphone users in Uganda and hundreds of millions all over the world
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A Ugandan teachers’ union has disputed a ban on students taking public transport, reports the Ugandan newspaper the Observer. The guidelines are being brought in an attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus when students return to school. Schools have been closed since March and on 15 October will re-open
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Operations of South African Airways (SAA), the country's national carrier, have been suspended with immediate effect. "This means SAA will complete repatriation flights that have already been scheduled but will not schedule any further flights," Business Day news site reports. Administrators said they were putting the struggling state-owned carrier under
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