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Nothing but the truth
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. According to the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) in a statement issued on Monday, December 23, 2024, the President assented to the bill on December 20, 2024. Parliament of Uganda passed the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024 integrating the Uganda Coffee Development […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today launched the construction of the Kampala-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The SGR, a key element of Uganda’s national infrastructure strategy, is designed to modernise the country’s transport network, streamline logistics, and boost regional trade. The project has garnered significant attention, not just from local stakeholders, but also from international […]
The Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese, Paul Ssemwogerere has urged the faithful to stay focused on the practical aspects of coffee growing, advising them not to be distracted by the ongoing debates over the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) merger. In recent weeks, there has been heated discussion surrounding the decision to collapse and absorb the […]
A board member for the rationalized Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) Haji Twahir Ssebaggala has urged Buganda coffee growers to stop perceiving the authority’s merger to the mother ministry as a Buganda matter alone, clarifying that it is a concern to all regions. Haji Ssebaggala who is also a member of the Uganda Quality Coffee […]
The Leader of Opposition (LOP) Joel Ssenyonyi has put to task the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among to disclose the identity of the people who attacked MPs during last week’s raucous debate on the coffee bill. Last week, opposition Members of Parliament were physically lifted out of Parliament after they had been suspended by […]
The second Deputy Katikkiro of Buganda, Robert Wagwa Nsibirwa has appealed to Buganda farmers not to be derailed by the parliamentarians’ bid to pass a law rationalising the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), but to continue growing coffee as the mainstay of their wellbeing. Nsibirwa, who doubles as the Buganda Kingdom’s treasurer noted that it […]
Oluvannyuma lwa palamenti ya Uganda okuyisa ekiteeso ekiggyawo ekitongole ekibadde kivunaanyizibwa ku kutumbula omutindo gw’emmwanyi n’okuzirabirira ekya UCDA, Obwakabaka bwa Buganda buvuddemu omwasi nga bugamba nti wadde byonna bikoleddwa, tebugenda kupondooka ku nsonga y’okukunga abantu mu Buganda n’ebweru waayo okulima emmwanyi. Omumyuka wa Katikkiro wa Buganda ow’okubiri, Robert Wagwa Nsibirwa agambye nti tekikyali kya nkiso, […]
Renowned financial expert, Dr. Ezra Suruma has made a thorough and expert explanation on the controversial and hot debate on whether to or not to merge the supreme coffee regulating body of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the mother Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to allegedly decrease on costs of running […]
As the debate to or not to merge the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) grows more contentious and assuming fresh dimensions every passing day, the head of the Born Again Federation of Uganda Apostle Dr. Joseph Sserwadda has designed a harsher sounding ingredient by way of a […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has dismissed as untrue, claims that Baganda have turned the debate on whether the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) should be merged with the mother ministry or not, into a tribal confrontation. “They are now blaming us (Baganda) for allegedly waging a tribal confrontation battle, but sincerely speaking, who ignited the tribal […]
