Author: Evans Kalyango

Amidst the ‘MAKE SURE THOSE BAGANDA DON’T GET THE NUMBERS’ mumble by Speaker Anita Among, controversy continues to surround the rationalization of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). In a bid to save money spent on employees in government authorities and those in the mother ministries, government initiated a process of eliminating several Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the affected employees would be compensated and move on with life. The Rural Electrification Agency was the first causality in the rationalization process followed by many including UNRA, Equal Opportunities Commission among others whose elimination bills are before parliament. ADVERT: FOR THE…

By Oweyegha-Afunaduula The coffee crop was first introduced around 1901 and was enthusiastically taken on by Ugandans in the Southern part of the country. Robusta has been the main coffee export of Uganda throughout the country’s history, and for good reason: it originally grew native to the beautiful Lake Victoria, where it was cultivated by the local Baganda people and used for cultural ceremonies, along with its supposed medicinal factors. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century, during British colonial rule, that British authorities introduced Arabica seeds in the Entebbe area, the headquarters of the government at…

Speaker Anita Among is under fire after a video last evening went viral when she’s telling Members of parliament in support of the rationalization of the Uganda Coffee Development authority (UCDA) to be taken back to it’s mother ministry that they must make sure Buganda doesn’t get the numbers. Anita Among remains mute, she is yet to issue a statement, hasn’t denied or apologized for regionalizing the Coffee issue yet coffee is now grown countrywide and the implications of pulling it back to the ministry of Agriculture will affect positively or negatively all Ugandans. As the pressure increases with some…

Stanbic Bank Uganda has donated essential supplies and equipment worth UGX 26 million to two medical facilities in Nakaseke district to support maternal healthcare services. Butalangu Health Centre III and Wakyato Health Centre III received patient monitors, delivery beds, Doppler and Fetescopes, instrument sets for delivery, blood pressure machines, medical refrigerator, Mama Kits, and examination c couches and Doppler’s ultra sound machines among other items. For the last three years, the bank has designated October as the L.O.V.E Month, during which it celebrates their customers and engages in activities that give back to the community through its Corporate Social Investment…

Speaker Anita Anita’s slip of the tongue during a heated parliamentary session during the coffee debate has cast her in the corner and at the receiving end over what many have termed as tribal sentiments not good for a leader of her caliber In a video picked from the National broadcaster UBC, Anita Among seems to have forgoten to mute the mic when she was sending legislators to prepare for the controversial vote of the bill’s second reading where she said to the other member of parliament that Make Sure Those ‘Baganda Don’t Get The Numbers’. Despite the controversy and…

As the debate on Coffee continues to take different turns and twists, several people voiced their concerns regarding the rationalization of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) back to the mother ministry of Agriculture, Animal husbandry and Fisheries (MAIIF). Government argues that by rationalizing several Authorities back to their mother ministries, it would save some ka money to run it’s other errands instead of the huge salaries it gives to the 100s of employees in the MDAs. Now during the Coffee debate in parliament, Democratic Party’s President General who is also the Minister for Constitutional affairs Norbert Mao revealed that…

The Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Col. (Rtd) Tom Butime has released results of the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHTTI). According to the results released at the ministry headquarters today, Thursday, October 24th, 2024, a total of 459 candidates certified all the requirements for the award of diplomas and certificates of the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute. Of these, 268 are students on normal program while 191 are apprentices sponsored by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in partnership with the Uganda Hotel Owners Association, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Statistics…

The 2024 National Population & Housing census results show that 9% of individuals aged 10 years and above (2.8m people) used internet facilities in the 12 months preceding the census. And of these, the report says, 67% used it for social networking while 16% used it for academic purposes and 13% used it for business or office work. The UBOS census report says only 1% used the internet to access health-related information. The report further shows that internet usage was higher in urban areas (17%) compared to rural areas (4%). There were notable differences in internet use by sex with…

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) among Ugandan women is 4.5 children per woman, the 2024 National Population & Housing Census has revealed. This is a decline from 5.8 children in 2014. This implies that a woman in Uganda, who is at the beginning of her childbearing years, would expect to give birth to an average of about five children (4.5 children per woman) by the end of her reproductive period, if age-specific fertility levels remained the same. The report adds that there were 1.5 million children born to all women (10-59 years) in the twelve months preceding the census date.…

In the news this evening, former Museveni Minister Isaac Musumba has been sentenced to six months in Luzira prison by the Commercial Division of the High Court in Kampala over a Shs160 million debt which he failed to pay. Musumba who is the former Junior Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development also former Member of Parliament for Buzaya county in Kamuli district was sentenced by Justice Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya due to his repeated failure to honor his payment commitments since borrowing the funds in 2023. Hell broke loose when Musumba defaulted on the loan which prompted the money lender…