Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has tasked the sector ministry to focus its budget priorities on food security. The committee Chairperson, Janet Okori-Moe said there is need for a clear strategy to handle food insecurity. She added that availing money for seeds for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Bright Rwamirama has acknowledged that technical errors have affected the operations of Agoro Irrigation Scheme despite a number of rehabilitations. His remarks follow complaints from local leaders and residents of Lamwo over the dysfunctional irrigation scheme, which …
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Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Bright Rwamirama has commissioned a tsetse fly, trypanosomiasis resource centre at the Njeru based stock farm in Buikwe district. The center which shall be manned by officials from the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council-UTCC, will foster research on tsetse …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commissioning of the Shillings 17.5billion modern abattoir in Kiruhura district has excited livestock traders and cattle farmers. Sino Modern Agriculture Development Group limited undertook the construction of Zhong Wu Beef abattoir at Nshaara Industrial park in Nyakasharara sub county, Nyabushozi County. Dan Mukago, a …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has banned the movement of livestock in Amuru district. The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Lt. Col. Bright Rwamirama says that the directive follows complaints of illegal entry of livestock and invasion of the non-native herdsmen commonly known as balalo in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has dispatched half a million doses of Fotivax, a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine. The doses will be distributed to 52 districts along the cattle corridor including Kiruhura, Lwengo, Kazo, Isingiro and Lyantonde. The Minister of Agriculture, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Animal Husbandry will next week start the delivery of foot and mouth disease vaccines to affected districts. In February, the ministry procured 2.4 million dozes at 13 Billion Shillings for the vaccination of livestock in the most affected districts. According to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in parliament have raised a red flag over the move by government to reduce financial allocations to the agriculture sector in the coming financial year 2021/2022. Equally distressed by the budget is the the Minister of State for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama. Parliament on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has so far delivered nine hundred thousand dozes of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to affected areas, two months after it announced a mass vaccination exercise. The country has been battling an FMD outbreak since December 2020, when it was first detected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs is seeking up to sh6.3 trillion to finance its budget for financial year 2021/2022. This was revealed by the Minister for Defense and Veterans Affairs Adolf Mwesige who said that Government has failed to raise Uganda shillings …
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