The President of Uganda, Yoweri K. Museveni, has given an additional three-year extension towards the rationalization of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) before it is merged with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAF).
Members of Parliament on the Agricultural Committee have urged the government to retain the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) amid plans to dissolve it.
Police in Mateete Town Council, Ssembabule District, have fired tear gas and bullets in the air to disperse coffee milling machine owners, traders, and farmers who have been protesting against the closure of their milling machines for three days now.