Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) has unveiled a legal advisor as the new leadership under Dr Andrew Akashaba takes steps to raise the profile of the national body, and offer protection to its members. City lawyer Ambrose Kibuuka, introduced recently at the UVA offices in Wandegeya, …
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | The efficiency of Uganda’s agricultural extension services were questioned recently when a leading official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) told a workshop in Kampala, that “Agriculture production in Uganda has increased since 1962, but productivity has not improved.” Soon after, …
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | The newly elected Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) executive and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) have agreed to lead a new drive to end quackery that is affecting the quality of products from Ugandan farms. “There are very many quack doctors …
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | The new Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) President Dr Andrew Akashaba and his team will be sworn in shortly in Kampala in a brief ceremony. Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries is expected to be chief guest at the handover occasion. Dr Akashaba, a veteran of …
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✳ PRESIDENT Andrew Akashaba 111 Ben Ssenkeera 59 Joseph Byaruhanga 20 David Okello 10 Ismail Asiimwe 4 ✳ VICE PRESIDENT Joshua Waiswa 102 Madrine Sitenda 99 ✳GENERAL SECRETARY David Eseru 78 Silver Masiko 74 William Blatter 50 ✳ DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY Bill Kizito Sseguya (unopposed) ✳ TREASURER Geoffrey Mukama 100 Jesse Mutesasira 61 Justine …
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