Title: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WARNS VILLAGERS AGAINST MONEYLENDERS
Page: 3
Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has warned smallholder farmers against borrowing from moneylenders and commercial banks, describing the action as being toxic. He encouraged them to utilise their parish banks in the form of the Parish Development Model (PDM) Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs).
Title: NETHERLANDS OFFERS UGX. 307B TO BOOST FARMING IN UGANDA
Page: 4
Summary: Frederieke Quispel, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Uganda, said the funding will support food security initiatives in the country for the next 10 years. This money will help smallholder farmers to do household farming to boost food security through improved production techniques.
Title: BLOOD BANK ACQUIRES UGX. 1.3B STORAGE EQUIPMENT
Page: 12
Summary: The Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) has acquired an advanced state-of-the-art equipment designed to enhance its ability to address severe malaria-related anaemia and other urgent medical requirements. This significant upgrade will empower UBTS to provide better care and save more lives in the community.
Title: HON. BABALANDA TASKS RDCS WITH ELIMINATING GRAFT
Page: 12
Summary: The Minister of the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babirye Babalanda, has tasked Resident District and City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs) in Bugisu and Bukedi Sub-regions with working towards eliminating corruption in their areas of jurisdiction.
SPORTS EDITION
Title: A GOLDMINE
Page: 40
Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has described the Teryet High Altitude Centre as a goldmine that government has given priority despite other pressing demands in the Ugandan economy.
DAILY MONITOR
Title: UGANDA COURTS CHINA TO BOOST RICE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL
Page: 10
Summary: National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is banking on a collaboration with China to place Uganda as a lead rice producer in East Africa and Africa as a whole. The collaboration will also be key in boosting food security and reducing rice imports in the coming years.
Title: UGANDA ELECTED ON CONTINENTAL TAX FORUM
Page: 11
Summary: Uganda has been elected on the African Tax Administration Forum, which demonstrates Uganda Revenue Authority’s commitment to improving tax administration and cooperation with other African countries.
