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Public-Private Partnership For Shea Value Addition
KAMPALA – Lecturers at Makerere University have suggested a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach to develop the shea butter value chain in Uganda, for more earnings, both locally and internationally. These trees are natural…
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Uganda Registers Increase In Coffee Exports
UGANDA – Uganda has again registered an increase in coffee exports in June 2021, despite an overall contraction in international trade as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. A report from the Uganda…
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UNBS Reduces Cost Of Product Certification
KAMPALA – Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has phased out some of the charges which were previously being levied on enterprises seeking certification of their products and these include Initial Audit…
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SASRA Gets New CEO After Mwaka John Left
NAIROBI – This influential position of CEO of the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) in the financial industry has been taken over by Njuguna Peter, who has been a manager in charge…
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Shea Butter Processors Decry Poor Post-harvest Handling
Shea butter processors in Uganda have raised concern over the poor quality of shea kernels which they say result from post-harvest mismanagement. The concerns were raised during the commemoration of World Shea…
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Grape Farmers Demand For A Factory
MBARARA – Farmers in Western Uganda dealing in grape farming and production have appealed to the government to construct for them a factory around Mbarara City. This call comes after a drastic…
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Soroti Farmers Urged To Embrace Irrigation
SOROTI – Farmers in Soroti district have been advised to utilize the rains that have returned to cover up what was lost last season. According to Enyaku James Michael, the Soroti District…
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Theft Of Government Hoes Rocks Soroti City
SOROTI – Police in East Kyoga region have launched investigations into the circumstances under which another batch of 49 boxes of government hand hoes worth a tune of Shs 11,760,000 were stolen…
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Sugar Cane Farmers Reject The New Price
MASINDI – Byaruhanga Cosmas, the out-going chairperson for Masindi Sugar Cane Out-growers Association Limited (MASGAL); also, the Masindi District Chairperson has said that sugar cane farmers are in disagreement with new price…
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Over 200 Quarry Workers At Karuma Dam Evicted
KIRYANDONGO – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has evicted more than 200 quarry workers at the hydro power station in Karuma Town Council. The ongoing 600 megawatts Karuma Dam Hydropower…
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