Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has given a rosy picture of Uganda’s energy security in the medium term, citing several interventions and other developments in the sector. Experts have said Uganda is energy insecure especially because of the lack of a direct route to the sources of …
Read More »Kenya Ports Authority increases free storage period
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has increased the free storage period for Transit cargo. Speaking to KPA stakeholders in Kampala, Betty Mkonyi, the KPA Country Representative to Uganda, said that apart from investing in state-of-the-art equipment and completing the new container terminal to increase capacity …
Read More »Uganda Breweries commissions Sh17.6 billion logistics warehouse and empties hardstand
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has commissioned a Sh17.6 billion top-of-the-line logistics warehouse and empties handstand at a ceremony presided over by the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) – John Musinguzi. The warehouse will improve the business’s logistics and storage capacity in …
Read More »Maize dealers ask gov’t for training on proper storage
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize produce dealers from the districts of Namutumba and Bugweri have asked government to skill them on proper storage techniques which they say will enable them to trade in quality grain within the local and regional markets. Their call comes just a few days …
Read More »Oil falls on storage woes in virus-hit market
Singapore, Singapore | AFP | US oil prices fell heavily Monday on renewed concerns over storage capacity as the coronavirus throttles demand, even as producers start slashing output to boost markets. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate dropped 9.3 percent to $15.36 a barrel in Asian morning trade. Brent crude, the international benchmark, was off 3.2 …
Read More »Uganda: Harvest storage technology changes lives
Successful `Zero Food Loss’ programme run by WFP nears target of 240,000 smallholder farmers What do you do if you run a school in a poor rural area and have to feed 800 pupils? That is the challenge the parents and teachers of Lumuli Primary School in Butagaya sub-County, Jinja …
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