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Uganda secures Shs 468bln loan from IMF
KAMPALA, March 7, 2024: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund [ IMF ] yesterday concluded the fifth review of Uganda’s Extended Credit Facility [ECF] Arrangement, enabling the immediate disbursement of…
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Global coffee exports up 38 percent in January 2024
KAMPALA, March 6, 2024 – Global green bean exports in January 2024 totalled 11.55 million bags, as compared with 8.51mln bags in the same month of the previous year, up 35.8 percent,…
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Parliament to consider bill on human assisted reproductive technology
KAMPALA, March 6, 2024 – Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi, has introduced a private members’ bill seeking to regulate the human assisted reproductive technology [ART] following the increase in…
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Somalia to deposit her instrument of ratification on treaty of accession to EAC today
ARUSHA, March 4, 2024 – The Federal Republic of Somalia will this morning deposit her instrument of ratification of the Treaty of Accession with the East African Community [EAC] Secretary General this…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Premier Nabbanja asked to explain allegations of fraud in PDM
KAMPALA, March 2, 2024 – The Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the alleged fraud surrounding disbursement of funds under the Parish Development Model [ PDM ] to beneficiaries across the…
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UDB’s total assets hit Shs 1.6trn in 2023-report
KAMPALA, March 1, 2024 – The Uganda Development Bank [ UDB ] has released unaudited report for 2023, showing the Bank’s total assets grew by 8 percent to Shs 1.64 trillion from…
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Fort Portal City: Street food vendors empowered to keep food safety standards
FORT PORTAL, February 29, 2024 – In a bid to ensure the serving of safe and nutritious food to their clients, Kabarole Research and Resource Center Uganda [KRC] has trained street food…
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UCDA coffee laboratory awarded Q venue certification
KAMPALA, February 26, 2024 – The Coffee Quality Institute [CQI], the world’s leading body in coffee quality training and certification, has awarded Q Venue certificate to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA].…
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Anglican Church urged to continue investing in education
MUKONO, February 26, 2024 – The Anglican Church in Uganda should not only concentrate on building churches but should also build more institutions of learning, according to Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas…
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Cooperatives & Communities
A cooperative in Kanungu is conserving a national park while trading in coffee to fight poverty
KANUNGU, February 26, 2024 – In a profound transformation, a community once devastated by the menace of poaching has discovered a newfound source of optimism in an unlikely commodity: coffee. Emerging from…
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