New Administrative changes at Uganda Coffee Development Authority

The Management of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has new management, we can confirm.

All coffee sub-sector stakeholders are Informed that due to the absence of a Board, the Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Lyamulemye Niyibigira, was unable to renew his contract and as such it came to a natural end on 30 September 2021.

The line ministry – Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is working tirelessly to have a Board in place, which in turn, shall appoint the Managing Director as provided for in the National Coffee Act 2021.

In the meantime, Management would like to reassure all sub-sector stakeholders that UCDA continues to carry out its mandate to regulate, promote and oversee the quality of coffee along the entire value chain, support research and development, promote production, and improve the marketing of coffee in order to optimize foreign exchange earnings for the country and payments to the farmers.”