Four motorcycles donated by the Prime Minister to extension workers are rusting away at Luweero district headquarters over lack of number plates. In September 2023, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja donated five brand-new motorcycles to agricultural extension workers in the Wobulenzi, Kamira, Zirobwe and Busika town councils. The fifth motorcycle was handed to an extension […]
The recent instruction from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives halting the development of the CN sugar factory in Namayingo district leaves its future in balance. The maiden multi-billion factory in November 2022 received a certificate of no objection from the Trade Minister, Francis Mwebesa, allowing it to set up the manufacturing unit. However, […]
In a bid to increase the production and productivity of coffee and cocoa, the government in conjunction with the European Union has boosted the funding into research with a sh1.2bn grant to National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI). Dr. Sandra Ndagire Kamenya, the acting National Project coordinator for Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain Development Project (CoCoDev) […]
BY KYAGGWE TV | LUWEERO | The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga has asked residents of Greater Luweero districts to stop lamenting over the National Resistance Army (NRA) War. Luweero and Nakaseke districts were the epicenters of the NRA war of 1981-1986. However, 38 years after the war, several veterans and residents are […]
The Uganda National Farmers’ Federation (UNFFE) is protesting the intended relocation of the Agricultural Education Show from Jinja City to Luweero district by the Ministry of Education and Sports. The misunderstanding between the leadership of the UNFFE and the education ministry comes during the third national agricultural education show preparations at Bukalasa Agricultural grounds, […]
Kyaddaaki poliisi ya Uganda ewadde Bannakibiina kya NUP e Mukono ekyanya okugenda mu maaso n’okukyaza pulinsipo w’ekibiina kyabwe Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu amanyiddwa ennyo nga Bobi Wine. Na bwe kityo, bannakibiina e Mukono n’ebitundu ebirinanyeewo basuze bulindaala, ng’essaawa bazibalira ku ngalo batere bakube ku mwagalwa waabwe amaaso n’okuwulira ku bubaka bwe ku nsonga ez’enjawulo. Embeera eno […]
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has concluded the research which has led to the improvement of an indigenous chicken breed which has better growth and increased egg production rate. Dr. Richard Lumu, a technician at the indigenous chicken breeding and production center located at Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research Institute (MUZARDI) says that the […]
Uganda on Tuesday issued stringent measures on the fishing of small pelagic fish (mukene) species in all the East African country’s water bodies. Hellen Adoa, the Minister of State for Fisheries, told reporters that the fishing of mukene will only be done using the scoop net fishing method (copacopa) and this should be carried out […]
Government is set to import 10 million doses of vaccines to enable scaling up of ring vaccination as the fight to eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Ugandan cattle enters a new phase. Cabinet chaired by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday also proposed that once ring vaccination is complete, farmers will start paying for […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has urged government to increase the budget allocated for the agriculture sector. Mayiga said that as a sector in which Uganda has a comparative advantage, if handled and funded well, it can lead to more yields compared to other sectors, industrialisation inclusive. “With the progress registered from the […]