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

UWA Chief Urges Suppliers to Uphold Quality and Integrity

National News
The forum comes as UWA continues to strengthen partnerships and procurement systems to support conservation. The authority is mandated to conserve and sustainably manage Uganda’s wildlife and protected areas.

U.S Pushes Private Investment in Luzon Economic Corridor as $60 Million Energy Deal is Signed

Business
Dan Petrie, the Acting Chief of Staff of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said MCC had signed a $60 million Energy Threshold Program hours earlier. The programme aims to lower high electricity costs and improve reliability by modernising the Energy Regulatory Commission, strengthening electric cooperatives, piloting smart-grid technologies and unlocking domestic capital for power infrastructure.
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UCDA was established in 1991 under the Uganda Coffee Development Authority Act, Cap. 325, which was repealed and replaced by the National Coffee Act No. 17 of 2021.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UCDA was established in 1991 under the Uganda Coffee Development Authority Act, Cap. 325, which was repealed and replaced by the National Coffee Act No. 17 of 2021.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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