Uganda's coffee industry: Understanding the origins of UCDA
By Ezra Suruma In 1986 when the National Resistance Movement captured the apparatus of government, coffee was by far the most important export product of Uganda. Coffee...
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I asked Museveni to back off our coffee - Kivumbi
Butambala Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has said he resisted intimidation by President Museveni during their phone call last Thursday over the controversi...
Museveni summons NRM MPs as war of words over coffee intensifies
The Government Chief Whip, Mr Hamson Denis Obua, has vowed to front a solid team to ensure that the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is endorsed to pave the way fo...
Caught in the shadows: Painful reality of elephantiasis
It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kam...
VIDEO: New details of how govt slept on job ahead of Kiteezi dumpsite collapse
On October 4, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published in this newspaper a “notice of intended application for licence” for the development of the propose...
Coffee boom in the eyes of Buganda Kingdom
Coffee, a long-cherished perennial crop, has for decades been the backbone of household incomes in some parts of Uganda. Today, coffee is at the centre of regulatory poli...
We are fast-tracking waste-to-energy plant in Ddundu, says KCCA
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has said it is fast-tracking the development of a waste-to-energy plant in Ddundu, Mukono District. Mr Dan Muhumuza Niweabine, the K...
Govt to harmonise Makerere university staff salaries
The government has conceded to the demands of striking Makerere University staff and agreed to harmonise their salaries without linking the pay increase to academic quali...
Govt to harmonise Makerere university staff salaries
The government has conceded to the demands of striking Makerere University staff and agreed to harmonise their salaries without linking the pay increase to academic quali...
IOC boss Bach in Uganda
Because it is the Pearl of Africa!" International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach put his reasons for visiting Uganda quite succinctly after he touched do...