Daily Monitor
Monday May 03 2021
Summary
Vanilla is harvested twice a year; June -July and December –January.
Uganda has some of the best vanilla in the world and this puts it at a competitive advantage with the rest of the world’s producers.
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The falling prices of vanilla have left farmers frustrated, with many afraid that they might not recover investment costs during the harvesting season, which commences next month.
The farmers say some buyers have already intimated that the prices may drop further, with a kilogramme of vanilla going for between Shs10,000 and Shs20,000, down from about Sh50,000 10 months ago.
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Daily Monitor
Thursday December 17 2020
Summary
The improved infrastructure in major towns has enabled Mbarara, Jinja, Masaka, Arua, Fort Portal, Mbale and Gulu to attain city status while others have been lined up in the coming two years to become cities.
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Lugazi Municipality in Buikwe District has again secured Shs9b for roadworks from the central government.
The money is part of the Shs12b that was given to Lugazi Municipality in the 2019/2020 fiscal year.
However, the municipal authorities had returned it to the Consolidated Fund after failing to utilise it due to the delays in making road designs and the raging Covid-19 pandemic.