Financial
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Museveni urges tea farmers to diversify production, pledges financial support
BUSHENYI, August 21, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni has urged small-scale tea farmers across the country to diversify into other crops and reconsider their farming practices in response to falling global tea…
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Ugandan exporters react as Saudi Arabia launches ambitious coffee farming project
KAMPALA, August 21, 2025 – Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has unveiled an ambitious plan to revitalise its coffee sector by producing high-quality coffee seedlings using advanced scientific methods, including tissue culture. The initiative,…
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Acholi cultural leader urges Museveni to fulfil Shs 1 billion pledge for SACCO
GULU CITY, August 20, 2025 – The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II, has appealed for Shs 2 billion to capitalise the cultural institution’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO],…
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Alebtong RDC urges PWDs to embrace PDM initiative
ALEBTONG, August 19, 2025 – – The Resident District Commissioner [RDC] of Alebtong, Geoffrey Okiswa, has urged persons with disabilities [ PWDs ] in the district to take advantage of the Parish…
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UPDF accused of aiding illegal logging and charcoal trade in Zoka Forest
ADJUMANI, August 19, 2025 — The situation in the Zoka Central Forest Reserve in Adjumani has escalated into a complex issue of illegal lumbering and charcoal burning, raising significant concerns among local…
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Coffee Prices in Uganda Rebound – MAAIF
KAMPALA, August 19, 2025 — Uganda’s coffee prices have stabilised and are gaining momentum, according to a recent statement from the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF], Frank Tumwebaze. The…
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Stanbic posts Shs 355 billion gross profit in first half of 2025, but dividend remains unchanged
KAMPALA, August 18, 2025 – Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited [SUHL] has released its financial results for the first half of 2025, reaffirming its strategic commitment to supporting Uganda’s economic development and fiscal…
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Oyam: Rice processing machine lies idle for years due to inadequate power supply
OYAM, August 18, 2025 –– A rice processing machine worth Shs 150 million, installed for Aber Commercial Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Lwala village, Wirao parish, Aber Sub-county, Oyam district has remained…
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Lango leaders urge gov’t to use PDM to curb corruption in war compensation
LIRA CITY, August 18, 2025 – Leaders from the Lango Sub-region have called on government to adopt the Parish Development Model [PDM] as a framework for delivering war compensation to affected communities.…
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Uganda launches climate-smart cross-border market at Elegu border
AMURU, August 16, 2025 – Uganda has officially commenced construction of its first climate-resilient and gender-responsive cross-border market in Elegu Town Council, Amuru District, a vital trade hub on the Uganda–South Sudan…
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