In the wake of Uganda's withdrawal from the International Coffee Organisation (ICO); the Ministry of Finance has given one single company, Uganda Vinci Coffee Company (UVCC), exclusive rights to buy the country's coffee. The deal gives UVCC the rights to determine the price of the commodity.
Uganda has successively managed to maintain coffee as the main engine of the national economy, exporting on average four million 60-kg bags per year. This is a demonstration that coffee remains the most important crop in Uganda, the birthplace of Robusta coffee. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) shows that farmers exported 6.49million 60 kg bags of coffee for the 2020/21 season compared to 5.36million 60kg bags in the 2019/2020 season. The farmers earned US$512.22million in the previous year.
The development of the oil and gas resources of the Lake Albert region and the cross-border pipeline is ongoing at the USD 4.5 billion Tilenga Project.
Over the years, the Ugandan Government has taken significant steps on its journey to a stronger economic future through industrialization, by reinforcing the notion that Uganda should produce locally, rather than import from abroad.
On 19th November, 2021 the Government Citizen Interaction Centre through the Office of the Deputy Director, Abigaba Duncan hosted the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigire on the Citizen Baraza who in depth analyzed how everyone can help security organs fight terrorism
If you stood at the gate of Uganda’s parliament and told our parliamentarians that whoever cannot sing the 2nd stanza of the National Anthem will lose his/her seat, half of that house may end up with empty chairs.
A report from the Office of the Prime Minister indicating achievements in implementation of the second National Development Plan (NDP III) and National Resistance Movement manifesto for the period 2016-2020 showed that performance of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) has improved to 64% at output level.
Uganda celebrated the 59th Independence on 9th October 2021, a major milestone for citizens and Africans in general. As a country, we have travelled a long and at times perilous journey, nevertheless, it has been our journey led or misled by ourselves.
I was invited by the African Union and the Turkish Ministry of Trade to share thoughts on the agriculture and agro-processing potential in Africa broadly and Uganda specifically.
The minister of education Hon First Lady Janet Museveni was quoted as saying “If I was not qualified to head the Ministry of Education and Sports, I would not wait to be told by others, I would not even accept the appointment, neither would President Museveni appoint me, for I do not have to be in government,”
