Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from Bushenyi the district-based Banana Industrial Research and Development Center-BIRDC on Friday flagged off the sale of their finished products in the open market. During their commercialization launch at their model farm and distribution store in Jinja city’s agricultural show grounds, the officials said …
Read More »Bushenyi district councilors petition Museveni over banana project
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district council has resolved to petition President Yoweri Museveni and Parliament over what they called the unfulfilled social-economic benefits from the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) project. It came after the Ibaare sub-county LCV councilor, Didas Tumwijukye moved the motion to Museveni and …
Read More »MPs want UGX 400Bn allocated to Science and Technology Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation have recommended that the Science and technology sector be allocated 400 billion shillings in the 2019/2020 financial year. According to the ministerial statement for 2019/2020, the sector has been allocated 159.7 billion …
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