Today Morning, Hon. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar received and held discussions with Ms. Bjorg Sandkjaer, Kingdom of Norway's State Secretary for International Development at the Ministry Headquarters.
All holders of Machine Readable Passports (MRPS) should note that the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control has been phasing out the MRPs since December 2018.
Government through the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank K. Tumwebaze (pictured) has declared the 1st of July 2021 to be the harvest date for the first season of this year.
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), is doing everything possible to ensure that Uganda's coffee attracts a premium price globally. It should be noted Uganda is the birth place of Robusta Coffee where it accounts for 80% of Uganda's coffee output.
The agriculture sector's value to the economy has remained largely unchanged and in some areas, increased during the one year of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Uganda's revenue from export of dairy products has risen from $131.5m (Shs 480bn) in 2018 to $205m (750bn) in 2020 according to records from the Dairy Development Authority (DDA).
Considering the global challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of importing new variants from high-risk countries, the Government of Uganda is to undertake mandatory testing of all incoming passengers at Entebbe International Airport and all ports of entry in order to reduce on the risk of further spread of the virus.