By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kansanga, Kampala-Uganda: The three day East African Food Security Symposium and Expo 2022 was conducted at International University of East Africa with a major aim of raising awareness and create a linkage between Climate Change and Food Security; and brought together a number of stakeholders who included farmers, Civil Society Organizations, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Development partners and the entire population to deliberate on different topics related to climate change and food security and come up with sustainable solutions. Betty Rose Aguti, the Policy and Advocacy Specialist at Caritas Uganda and who also doubles…
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The Ministry of Agriculture has today donated 140 bags of Irish potato seeds to Gitundwe reformed farmers in Kisoro District. The Irish potato seeds were received yesterday at the district local government headquarters by Muja Judith, the district environment officer. Muja Judith said that Irish potato seeds will benefit Gitundwe reformed farmers who were evicted from Gitundwe wetland so that they can have alternative income-generating enterprises. She revealed that the Ministry of Agriculture animal industry and fisheries supplied the Irish potato seeds through the Green Climate Fund Project presidential initiative. Asked about the fate of other residents who were evicted…
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, Ssetamu through his political party, has donated 10 million Ugx shillings to their efforts to return Ugandans who are under detention in Arab countries. This has been put to the public through the National Unity Platform Twitter page. “President @HEBobiwine has donated ten million shillings to our efforts to return Ugandans who are under detention in Arab countries (10 million Ugx). We are undertaking a one-week campaign as the National Unity Platform (NUP) in order to raise money for the cause,” wrote the National Unity Platform on its page. This happened after the…
The president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa has ordered his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to quickly back off Twitter. Museveni backs off Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba after his endless tweets concerning politics and particularly provoking other politicians within and outside the country. Recently, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba wrote threatening tweets invading Kenya, and on that, he has increasingly been entering the political area with his unending critics. This led to an uproar on Twitter, with netizens accusing him of being reckless and imperiling relations between the neighboring countries. “I would never beat up the Kenyan army because my father told me…
Kabanda Muhamad wants shs.5 billion in compensation from Old Kampala hospital over an alleged illegal kidney harvest. While appearing on the NBS TV Morning Breeze program on Thursday, Kabanda narrated how his kidney was removed from him at a hospital around Old Kampala. Kabanda narrated that he got into an accident while heading to his work place. After several tests at Nsambya Hospital, doctors told him he had a fracture on his head. He adds that he left Nsambya to a hospital around Old Kampala and that’s where he lost his kidney from. “I got an accident on 24th September…
A Brazilian investment firm has called for Neymar to face a five-year prison sentence when he stands trial next week on fraud and corruption charges relating to his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013. DIS, which owned 40% of the rights to the Brazil forward at the time, argues it lost out because the transfer fee was undervalued. Neymar, 30, has denied the allegations but lost an appeal in Spain’s High Court in 2017, leading to the trial being brought by Spanish prosecutors. The Paris St-Germain player will have to appear in person for the first day of the…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kansanga, Kampala-Uganda: While addressing at The East African Food Security and Expo 2022 at the International University of East Africa (IUEA), Antonio Querido, Uganda’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country Representative said that Uganda has the capacity of feeding all countries on the African continent because it is a food basket. Antonio said, from inception, Uganda has been one of those handful countries on the African continent where food scarcity has been a myth and therefore there is need to have synergized efforts to return to the latter glory. He stated that on the global scene,…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/ Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Albert Ntege the Acting Head of Oversight for Payment Systems and Policy at Bank of Uganda implored FinTech players to understand their business models to know where they fall within the regulation provisions whether they are payment service providers, payment system operators or they offer payment instincts in order to position themselves well in the market. “I refer FinTech space players to specific regulation 3 and 4 of the Implementing National Systems 2021 which categorically outlines the requirements one has to have and specific forms one has to fill in order to…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa. Nagalama, Wakiso-Uganda: On Wednesday a team from International University of East Africa (IUEA) awarded four hi-tech laptops to four students of St. Joseph Secondary School, Nagalama in Wakiso District after emerging winners of Hi School Crossfire Debate, 2022. The four students include Angeo Rachael, Naigaga Freda Sandrah, Ashaba Anitah Aryabaha and Kitara Powel. After awarding winners, Mr. John John Jacob the International University of East Africa Consultant revealed that they sponsored the entire debate discourse with an aim of supporting young people realize their abilities and values as they go further in their academic fields. He…
Jinja, Eastern Uganda: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged Parliament’s support to the Kiira Motors Corporation that is currently constructing a vehicle plant at Jinja Industrial Park. On Wednesday, October 12, the Deputy Speaker paid a courtesy visit to the Jinja-based plant where he was taken on a guided tour by the Executive Chairman Kiira Motors, Prof. Sandy Stevens Tichodri-Tagboa and the CEO Paul Musasizi. The first phase of the Kiira vehicle plant facilities include, an assembly shop, a warehouse, in-plant circulation roads, perimeter fence, waste water treatment plant, site drainage and utility distribution. The construction is…