Minister Frank Tumwebaze Archives

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MPs Pressurize Min.Frank Tumwebaze To Table Fisheries Bill

Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, to fast track implementation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2022 as a way of curbing the use of substandard fishing gear. They said

January 31, 2024

News

Speaker Tayebwa Tells NARO To Forget GMO & Focus On Organic Seeds,Animal Breeds

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa has argued scientists at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) to forget the proposed Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) law and focus on improving indigenous seeds and animals’ breeds. A GMO is an animal, plant,

November 10, 2023

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Govt Approves Creation Of Food&Agricultural Authority

Cabinet has approved a proposal to establish a Food and Agricultural Authority that will be mandated with food related matters, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has said. Tumwebaze noted that the authority is the long awaited answer

October 26, 2023

Business

Gen. Museveni Orders Allocation Of 15 Acres To Investor For Hospital Construction

President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group

July 28, 2022

Business

Business Talk: American Actor Terrence Howard Meet City Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia

American Actor Terrence Howard has held a closed-door meeting with city businessman Sudhir, Ruparelia, Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister For Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries at Speke resort Munyonyo. Although we are yet to reveal the details of the meeting, our sources confirmed

July 25, 2022

Business

Gov’t Starts Inspection Of Private Labour Export Companies As They Resume Business

The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has today started the inspection of labour exporting companies to assess the level of compliance with the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). According to a letter from Aggrey David Kibenge, the Permanent Secretary of

November 19, 2020

Business

Ugandan Gov’t Finally Okays Licenced External Labour Companies To Resume Work

The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has relaxed restrictions on externalization of labor to enable companies involved in the sourcing of external employment for migrant workers abroad are to resume business. “This is to inform

November 10, 2020

News

Merriment: Min. Frank Tumwebaze Lifts Kibaale East NRM Flag With 81 Percent

Gender Minister Frank Tumwebaze has won the NRM flag for Kibale East Constituency MP in Kamwenge district. Tumwebaze, who is the incumbent polled 34,925 votes with his “tightest” contender Bahati Kato attaining 5,086 votes. Additionally, Dickens Asasira managed to get 2,806 out

September 5, 2020

Crime·News·Security

Interpol,Gender Ministry Cited In Labour Extortion Scam

Exporting labour is perhaps one of the most delicate undertakings any country can indulge in, especially if its policy makers appreciate it from the purview of a quick fix to the biting unemployment ravaging impoverished countries in the third world. It is,

February 11, 2020