On Thursday, the President gave the youth in slams of Nakulabye in Rubaga Division 1.3 billion shillings, 500 million shillings was given to Katanga Young People Cooperative Society in Kansanga, Makindye Division and another 500 million shillings was given to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Councilors under their Economic Agenda SACCO.
The expo is aimed at promoting and educating farmers on better agricultural practices and businesses, which they consider to be the biggest business and development opportunity in the area.
Despite the positive export performance, the Ministry has raised concerns over reports of poor post-harvest handling in some parts of the country. There have been instances of premature coffee harvesting and poor drying of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) coffee, which could undermine Uganda’s export standards and reputation in international markets.
The latest figures obtained from the Soroti City commercial office show that the overall recovery level of Emyooga funds in the 36 SACCOs across the city stands at only 42 percent.
Yustus Aribariho, a co-Founder at Furaha, says that with the best strategy, dropping out of school due to finance, can greatly be mitigated if schools, and the financial industry join efforts, adding that schools also need stable revenues to perform.
