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A TURN OF THE TIDE: Uganda Unveils Homegrown Anti-Tick Vaccine in Major Leap for Africa’s Livestock Sector

On April 30th, 2026, Uganda marked a defining moment in its agricultural transformation journey as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially launched the country’s first locally developed anti-tick vaccine and commissioned a state-of-the-art production facility, an achievement being hailed as a breakthrough not just for Uganda, but for the wider African continent. The occasion was held […]

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West Nile Farmers Turn to Rice for Food and Incomes

Maracha: For decades, the West Nile region was synonymous with tobacco cultivation, alongside traditional staples such as cassava and millet. Many homesteads had the iconic burnt-brick tobacco-drying barns that usually stood out in each compound for their narrow but towering nature. Today, those barns are disappearing as tobacco growing declines sharply. In their place, rice […]

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Government starts nationwide payout for older persons

The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development through the Expanding Social Programme has in a new nationwide arrangement commenced issuance of monthly grants to older persons above 80 years. The Programme, started in 2010 in 15 district on a pilot basis,had to-date covered only 64 districts. However, while speaking at this year’s International Women’s […]

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Mukwaya monitors Government funded projects in Ntungamo district

The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Hajjat Janat Mukwaya has today monitored Government-funded women and youth projects in Ntungamo district as part of her ongoing monitoring exercise in the Western region. Today morning she visited a goat rearing project by Kyabashenyi Bacara Tukore women group funded under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme […]

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‘Women Fund starting to bear fruits’- Minister Janat Mukwaya

Gender minister Hajjat Janat B. Mukwaya says the fruits of the Uganda Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP), channeled through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development are now very evident, with more groups making big strides in fighting poverty among women in Uganda. Minister Mukwaya alongside the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana and the Programme line […]