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By Wadulo Arnold Mark Early this month on September 3rd, the State Minister for Industry, Hon. David Bahati, conducted a monitoring visit to three key manufacturing facilities in Seeta and Namanve to address critical operational bottlenecks. The tour aimed to align local manufacturing with the government’s agro-industrialisation agenda and President Museveni’s 10-point program for building an independent, integrated, and self-sustaining...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has unveiled a three-phase food stabilisation strategy for Karamoja aimed at helping households withstand recurrent droughts, strengthen food security and progressively reduce dependence on emergency food relief. The strategy will provide communities with agricultural seed varieties and livestock suited to the region’s climatic conditions through short-, medium- and long-term interventions, President Museveni said. He announced the strategy...

By Samuel Ssenono Captain George Kamal has explained that he left the top job at Kenya Airways to care for his mother after she was diagnosed with cancer. Speaking on the sidelines of the Aviation Africa Summit 2026 in Nairobi, Kamal said he tendered his resignation in July after realising there was no one else available to take care of her. “I...

President Yoweri Museveni has conveyed his heartfelt condolences to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan following the death of her husband, Hafidh Hassan.In his message, President Museveni expressed sympathy to President Samia, her family and the people of Tanzania during this difficult period.He acknowledged President Samia’s dedication to Tanzania and Africa, noting the close cooperation between Uganda and Tanzania over...

BUSAN, South Korea — Uganda has signed an agreement to supply coffee to a South Korean company, with a first shipment already on its way to the Asian market. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday 7 September with GVCC Co. Ltd, a coffee firm in the southern port city of Busan, on the sidelines of the Uganda–Korea Trade and Investment Meeting. Uganda's...

The Secretary, Office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande, has urged Administrative Officers to accept ongoing transfers across government institutions, saying the changes were directed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.Hajji Kakande said officers should not resist transfers or question why some colleagues remain in their current positions, noting that government may retain particular officers because of their experience, competence...

By Wadulo Arnold Mark Uganda’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Sanjay Tanna led a high-level delegation to Nairobi, where he represented H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a series of engagements aimed at strengthening trade and industrial cooperation between Uganda and Kenya. The visit brought together senior government officials from the two countries for several meetings focusing on the...

The Uganda–South Korea Trade and Investment Meeting is underway in the Republic of South Korea, bringing together Government officials, business leaders and investors to explore opportunities for increased trade, investment, technology transfer and commercial partnerships between the two countries. In her welcoming remarks, H.E. Ambassador Khaawa, Uganda’s Ambassador to Japan and concurrently accredited to the Republic of South Korea, thanked...

Kampala Minister and Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, and former Minister for Works, Musa Echweru, have been appointed to coordinate the endorsement drive for General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s presidential ambitions. The two were entrusted with the responsibility during an event at which the Head of the Chairman’s Office at the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), Hon. Daudi Kabanda,...

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has intensified sensitization of importers, clearing agents and other stakeholders in Uganda on its new Imports Electronic Portal (E-Portal), a digital platform designed to simplify and speed up the imports inspection and clearance process. The engagements held in Busia, Malaba, Mbale and Jinja brought together stakeholders in the imports and clearance fraternity and...