As the debate on whether to merge or not to merge the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) through rationalization of government agencies and public expenditure (RAPEX) policy rages on, it has ignited far reaching statements from both Buganda and Uganda governments. In the latest development, Buganda […]
The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga is dismayed by the dissolving of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) saying it is a direct punishment to Baganda. “The Kingdom of Buganda has severally advised against scrapping UCDA since it superintends coffee production, upon which nearly two million Ugandan households depend on it,” said Mayiga in […]
Oluvannyuma lwa palamenti okuyisa ng’eggyawo ekitongole ekivunaanyizibwa ku kulungamya omutindo gw’emmwanyi ekya Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) nga kigattibwa ku minisitule y’eby’obulimi, obwakabaka bwa Buganda bubuddeyo ne bulaga okunyolwa olw’ensonga eno. Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga avumiridde eky’okuggyawo ekitongole ky’emmwanyi ki UCDA ekyayisiddwa Palamenti olunaku lw’eggulo n’ategeeza nti tewali kubuusabuusa ekyakoleddwa kyakoleddwa kubonereza Baganda. Mu […]
A thanksgiving service for a prominent Buikwe politician and opinion leader was on Sunday turned into a political rally. Speaker after speaker, invited guests right away set into laying bare their manifestos come 2026 elections, in addition to pleading to voters to ‘see them’ at election time. The thanksgiving service for the former Nkokonjeru Town […]
Buikwe South Member of Parliament, Dr. Michael Lulume Bayigga has disclosed that members of the Buganda parliamentary caucus are planning to traverse the country mobilizing farmers in coffee growing regions to resist the planned merger of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and the mother ministry of agriculture, in the proposed government arrangement to […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday 3rd September 2024 addressed a key meeting at State House Entebbe, advocating for the strengthening of the Public Service Standing Orders. With an emphasis on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery, the President underscored the necessity of rationalisation as a fundamental strategy for optimal resource allocation […]
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) […]