Tag: Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Tooro Succession Dispute Deepens as Ababiito Declare New King

National News
The dispute now places Tooro at a delicate crossroads between customary authority and Uganda’s legal framework. Omusuuga Kamurasi has called for respect for tradition and the law, while President Museveni has called for peace and unity among the Batooro.

U.S. Announces More Than $150 Million in Support at Pacific Islands Forum

International
On commercial diplomacy, the United States is shifting assistance toward private-sector-led growth, including efforts with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan to connect every Pacific Islands Forum country to a trusted undersea cable network. A second Pacific Investment Summit is scheduled to be hosted in early 2027.
Religion

Clerics, Faithful Hail Mityana’s Fr. Charles Lwanga on Silver...

The day was also to reflect on the journey of the celebrant since childhood. Fr. Lwanga was ordained priest in July 1999.
Politics

Why Ugandans should Disregard Kabuleta’s Disingenuous Comments and Support...

The parasitic nature of these agencies and authorities promoted waste and parasitism. The 2016/2017 public resource spending figures showed that agencies and authorities were taking UGX 2.2 trillion and the ministries UGX 2.6 trillion with duplication of responsibilities. The conducted survey indicated that agencies like UCDA were corrupt and wasteful, with officers awarding themselves contracts, supplying poor-quality, overpriced materials, and not delivering on time.
Politics

Museveni’s Gospel of Value Addition is Killing Agricultural Sector—Kabuleta

UCDA was established in 1991 under the Uganda Coffee Development Authority Act, Cap. 325, which was repealed and replaced by the National Coffee Act No. 17 of 2021. The authority’s mandate includes regulating activities within the coffee value chain, promoting coffee quality, supporting research and development, and optimizing earnings for stakeholders in the sector.
Agriculture

JEEMA Calls for Unanimity to Solve Impasse in Coffee...

UCDA was established in 1991 under the Uganda Coffee Development Authority Act, Cap. 325, which was repealed and replaced by the National Coffee Act No. 17 of 2021. The authority’s mandate includes regulating activities within the coffee value chain, promoting coffee quality, supporting research and development, and optimizing earnings for stakeholders in the sector.
Politics

FDC Rejects UCDA Merger with MAAIF

According to President Museveni’s letter about the rationalization of UCDA, it is fraudulent for UCDA to claim that the big boost in agricultural production is because of its efforts, arguing that since 1991, the year UCDA was formed, by 2013, 68% of the Ugandan homesteads were still outside the money economy, which compelled the government to initiate Operation Wealth Creation.
Security

Uganda Prisons Focuses on Prioritizing Inmate Safety, Rehabilitation

The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF), has assigned the Uganda Prisons Service a food security intervention strategy.
National News

NEED Calls for Transparency, Accountability in Health and Governance...

The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party has urged stakeholders to prioritise transparency, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making in public...
Science

Ugandan Scientists Develop Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has informed Parliament that the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)...

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