Baker Ssenyonga
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Africa
Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 reveals continued progress in developing African financial markets
LONDON, October 12, 2023 – The 2023 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index [AFMI] reveals there has been continued progress in developing financial markets across Africa in the past year, with many of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA re-opens primary coffee factories in Buganda and Busoga
KAMPALA, October 12, 2023 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has reopened all primary coffee factories in the Greater Mukono, Greater Luweero, and Busoga regions, effective October 11, 2023. According to UCDA,…
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National
BoU appoints eight commercial banks as Primary Dealer Market Makers
KAMPALA, September 28, 2023 -The Bank of Uganda [BoU] has appointed eight commercial banks as Primary Dealer Market Makers [PDMM] effective October 1, 2023. According to Kenneth Egesa, Director Communications at BoU,…
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Central
UWRSA in drive to boost grain standards
MUBENDE, September 25, 2023 -Under the public-private partnership [PPP] arrangement, the Government of Uganda has extended support to private warehouse operators to offer grain storage and standardisation services to farmers and farmer…
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National
Oil and gas sector activities boost tax revenue in August 2023
KAMAPALA, September 22, 2023 – Tax revenue collections in August amounted to about Shs 1,990.91 billion, which was Shs 6.98 billion above the target, according to the Performance of the Economy Report…
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Central
Ensuring quality standards: Regulators want grain farmers to have modern storage facilities
MUBENDE, September 20, 2023 – Farmers have been urged to work in groups and cooperatives and establish modern storage facilities as a measure to close quality gaps that have affected Uganda’s grain…
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National
Standard Chartered employees to access minimum 20-week parental leave benefit
KAMPALA, September 20, 2023 – Standard Chartered Bank recently announced the rollout of enhanced global parental leave benefits that will also benefit its employees in Uganda, effective September 1, 2023. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
PDM money is being spent on marriages and household items, says Ofwono
KAMPALA, September 16, 2023 – Some of the Ugandans who received the money under the Parish Development Model [PDM] are spending it on marriages and household items like mattresses, and food, according…
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Central
Wakiso khat growers and traders threaten to demonstrate over Narcotics Bill
WAKISO, September 14, 2023 – Khat growers and traders in Wakiso district have threatened to demonstrate should President Yoweri Museveni assent to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023 reintroduced by the government. The…
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National
Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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