With fast changing climate trends in the country and around the globe which have continued to impact negatively on agriculture, and now farmers resorting to using improved seeds which have turned problematic, there are now demands for by-laws at district level to help check on the quality of agriculture inputs used currently. In a meeting […]
The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has applauded the existing cordial and mutually beneficial relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Uganda. Dr Rugunda said Uganda was happy to benefit from China’s expertise in environmental conservation and technology. The Premier made the remarks while receiving the visiting Chinese Minister for State […]
President Yoweri Museveni urged elders in the fishing communities of Uganda to take a leading role in protecting the lakes from overfishing and the catching of immature fish because it has led to the depletion of stock and pledged to deploy the army to support them. “Lake Victoria is here but it’s a dead lake […]
President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended the Mehta Group, a multi-national and multi-activity enterprise, for reviving the factories in Uganda which had collapsed. He said that the revived factories do not only belong to Mehta but to Ugandans who are really the main beneficiaries. The President was commissioning a new US$50 million food grade carbon […]
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) Statistics, Uganda upstaged Ethiopia in 2014/2015 to become Africa’s number one coffee exporter and seventh globally. Approximately 2.24million 60kg bags were exported by Uganda in the period. In order to consolidate these gains, Uganda has also received a $1.3 billion grant from USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative which seeks to […]
The Ugandan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German government, together with Inter- Governmental Authority on Development IGAD for the Drought Resilience Initiative for Karamoja. The Head of Division for East Africa in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Ralf-Matthias Mohs ,reveals that about 48 billion Uganda shillings has […]
The Minister of state for Agriculture Vincent Sempijja says that the Ministry of health is the one to blame for the alleged supply of fake seeds to farmers. This came following reports that maize, soya and bean seeds as well as coffee seedlings were given to MPs to distribute to farmers in their constituencies under […]
Government has authorized a total of 24 exporters to sell overseas fresh fruits and vegetables to European markets after meeting the required minimum standards. This happened as government examines the quality of agricultural produce being exported to the European market following reports of noncompliance to EU standards by a number of Ugandan exporters. Several EU member […]
The water and environment minister Hon. Ephraim Kamuntu stated that developed countries should honor their pledge of contributing funds towards climate change mitigation to developing countries which contribution has not been honored. The minister, who attended a high level meeting of ministers at the UN in New York, says Uganda reminded countries like China, USA, Japan among others that are leading in […]
President Yoweri Museveni directed that all taxes levied on Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS), especially on the dividends of the members, should be abolished to promote the saving culture and avoid double taxation. This was revealed by the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda who represented him at the celebrations to mark the 93rd International […]