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Victoria Sekitoleko, Vice Chairperson of the Private Sector Foundation Uganda, tastes wine at an International Women's Day exhibition held at Kasana playground in Luwero town.

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Parish Development Model funds lie idle in district accounts

May 7, 2022

LUWERO: Parish Development Model funds were given to each district and are still sitting there months before the end of...

A URN reporter caught up with some of the farmers while harvesting their apple fields.

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Apple farmers get market boost from Uganda Breweries

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

May 7, 2022

WESTERN UGANDA: Apple farmers in Western Uganda have been encouraged to grow more of the fruit to tap into the...

Concerns exist that oil production may harm nature. PAU claims enough safeguards have been put in place to prevent this.

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Environmental protection is top priority at every stage of oil production process

bytheKR & AGENCIES

May 4, 2022

KAMPALA: Since the announcement of the Final Investment Decision, a flagship phase for first oil expected by 2025, much has...

Bugiri women (Uganda) are so grateful for the economical empowerment..

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Uganda losing agricultural advantage to its neighbors – United Nations

bytheKR & AGENCIES

May 4, 2022

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KAMPALA: According to the United Nations Capital Development Fund, Uganda is losing its agricultural productivity advantage to neighboring countries due...

Ntungamo cattle farmers want the government to ease livestock quarantine. (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)

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Ntungamo cattle farmers want government to ease livestock quarantine

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

May 2, 2022

NTUNGAMO: Cattle farmers in the Ntungamo district want the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to ease the foot...

The new edition of the Agricultural Finance Year book highlights a Shs65 billion gap in financing. (IMAGE: URN | theKR Media)

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Farmers still shun digital financing platforms, experts said.

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

April 28, 2022

KAMPALA: A lot of farmers are still hesitant to embrace digital transactions even when they present immense opportunities, such as...

In a group photo, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rubirizi district officials and vanilla farmers pose for a group photo after a meeting before heading to vanilla gardens. (IMAGE: URN | theKR Media)

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Rubirizi farmers warn against harvesting premature vanilla beans

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

April 28, 2022

WESTERN UGANDA: Vanilla farmers and middlemen in Rubirizi District have been warned against picking or buying premature beans. Herbert Musiimenta,...

Minister of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama signed an MOU with Elite Agro deputy CEO and board member Dr. Abdulmonem Almarzoogi on April 25, 2022 in Dubai, UAE.

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Abu Dhabi-based firm to invest in Uganda’s tea sector

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

April 27, 2022

KAMPALA: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAE-based Elite Agro...

Maj Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, signed the MOU with Elite Agro Deputy CEO and Board Member Dr. Abdulmonem Almarzoogi on April 25, 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)

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Abu Dhabi-based firm to invest in Uganda’s tea sector

byMIKE OPIO | theKR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

April 27, 2022

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DUBAI: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAE-based Elite Agro...

In 2018, WFP began buying food from smallholder farmers in Karamoja to supply schools with grain grown locally. While WFP provided a precious market during lockdown, the maize market was limited.

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Rains go to waste as farmers avoid gardens due to insecurity in Karamoja

byURN | theKR Partner News Agency

April 26, 2022

KARAMOJA: Farmers in Karamoja have kept on watching as heavy rains continue to pour down without using them to plant...

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INVESTIGATION

Statements no longer count! US Senate asks Biden to slap sanctions on Ugandan officials over torture

Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija shows Bobi Wine the scars of torture following his detention over insulting the First Family early this year. IMAGE: Courtesy/theKR media

byMIKE OPIO | theKR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

May 12, 2022

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The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has asked President Joe Biden to slap sanctions against specific Ugandan government...

Pallisa has seen the tarmacking of Tirinyi-Pallisa-Kumi and the Pallisa- Kamonkoli roads, connecting the towns of Tirinyi in Kibuku district, Kamonkoli in Budaka district, and Kumi district. (IMAGE: Courtesy | theKR Media)

March 15, 2022

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KAMPALA: The contractual fallout between the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Kuwait firm, Abuljebain Engineering Consulting Office (AECO) over...