Tag: National Coffee Amendment Bill 2024

DP Faction Petitions EC and IG Over Alleged Financial Mismanagement and Forged Constitution

The faction further alleged that ordinary members were subjected to inflated nomination fees while incumbent leaders paid nothing, and that a party printer purchased for more than UGX 250 million ahead of the 2016 elections has disappeared without explanation or accountability from auditors.

Uganda Turns to Tourism Diplomacy as Ethiopian, Canadian Missions Open New Visitor Markets

Tourism

Earlier this year, Uganda hosted tourism and travel stakeholders from Canada and Ethiopia as part of a strategic effort to strengthen the country's visibility in international markets and attract more visitors through experience-based destination marketing. The familiarization...

Politics

LOP Demands Revelation of Attackers’ Identities in Parliament Incident

Ssenyonyi demanded President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to verify his claims that the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) was giving seedlings only to opposition MPs and leaving out their NRM counterparts.

Agriculture

Museveni Unveils Uganda’s Economic Growth, Coffee Sector Expansion

Despite fierce opposition and extensive debates in recent months, the National Coffee Amendment Bill 2024 was approved during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 6 November 2024.

Politics

Parliament Passes National Coffee Amendment Bill 2024

An Act to emend of the National Coffee Act 2021, Act 17 of 2021, aims to dissolve the Coffee Development Authority and transfer its functions to the Ministry responsible for agriculture.

National News

Katikiro Mayiga Urges Gov’t to Adopt a Sustainable Approach...

Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has asked the government to scrutinize President Yoweri Museveni’s recent proposal to dissolve the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and adopt sustainable approaches to the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024.

Politics

Bobi Wine Accuses Speaker Among of Tribalism in Parliament

The National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be carried on to the Bills Committee stage for clause-by-clause scrutiny after 159 members voted in its favor against 77 opposing members.