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UBOS Report 2024: Agriculture Transforms Livelihoods in Uganda 

President Museveni’s focus on agriculture as a pillar of Uganda’s economy has yielded significant gains; however, sustained progress depends on embracing government programs like the Parish Development Model (PDM) and leveraging available resources to enhance productivity. With collective effort, Uganda’s vision of becoming a middle-income country is within reach, driven by a thriving agricultural sector.

Uganda-UAE Strengthen Trade Ties, Investment Opportunities

Inholo pointed to the growing bilateral trade between Uganda and the UAE, which has risen to $3.8 billion. This demonstrates the expanding opportunities for Uganda to export value-added products while attracting investment in key sectors like agriculture and tourism.

BIG WEALTH: Budaka 80-Year-Old Man Makes Shs300M from Fish Farming

When President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni introduced the four-acre model farming strategy to create wealth in every household, some people took this as a sham. While...

Serere Residents Decry Use of Oxen as Means of Transport

In Uganda, 41% of the country's total area is experiencing degradation, and 12% is in a severe state of degradation, mostly soil erosion being a common form of degradation that is found on 85% of degraded roads that increases the government’s expenditure on road repairs.

Mulching: A Sustainable Solution for Soil Erosion, Fertility in Uganda

When farmers in Uganda adopt the practice, mulching, becomes a vital solution to farmers who are faced with challenges related to soil erosion that do disrupt farming activities, causing them to have poor yields.

Peace Rugambwa: A Mafia Who Stole over UGX 500m from the Poor in Rukungiri 

Rugambwa, previously seen and perceived as powerful and well-connected, has now lost the trust and credibility of her executive members, members of the Rukungiri community, and Kigezi at large. In a meeting that sat on Wednesday, November 4, 2024, in Rukungiri, 80% of executive committee members, led by Julius Kahigyiriza, a founding member of Boona Bageigahare, asked her to either hide from the Presidential directives or never to return to Rukungiri District.

Bureaucracies in Government Programs Halt Progress-Magyezi 

Bureaucracies in government programs have put employees to perform below their expectations; besides that, they have put employees to poorly manage programs designed to achieve a goal in poverty-eradicating programs.

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