The forthcoming meeting is expected to put Ssegawa and Dr. Lugero’s competing documents under scrutiny as the Lands Ministry seeks to establish the lawful status of the disputed property and determine what, if any, compensation may be due.
This year’s event is being held under the theme “Empowering the IK Community of Karamoja through Coffee Farming to End Poverty.” The theme reflects the organizers’ broader ambition to use coffee farming as a tool for economic empowerment while drawing attention to communities facing poverty and limited livelihood opportunities.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has branded opposition MPs as disruptive, useless, and politically bankrupt.
Addressing a group of local journalists...
“When you invest in Uganda or any of the brother African countries, you have the assurance of this huge and growing market. We believe in win-win solutions to human problems. The population of Africa will be 2.5 billion people in the next 25 years. The population of Uganda will be 106 million people by that time,” he said.
The government aims at making the country a market leader in the generation and dissemination of appropriate agricultural technologies for sustainable development in semi-arid regions that cover the cattle corridor and five other agro-ecological zones comprising the Eastern Savanna (Teso) region, Karamoja dry lands, Lango, Acholi, and west Nile sub-regions.
The government has over the years attracted huge foreign direct investments to the economy, which has led the GDP to grow very fast with inflation being at single-digit 3%, which is a sign of a stable economy.
Africa has a large market for quality goods and services, and if African governments focus on producing high-quality products, they will be able to trade and become prosperous.