The State Minister for Finance (General Duties) Cissy Mulondo and the minister of State for Industry David Bahati have visited pineapple farmers in Kawundwe Village, Nakasongola, and pledged government support to help them move from growing pineapples to processing and exporting them. The ministers visited members of Kikyusa Pineapple Farmers Cooperative Society, a farmer-owned cooperative…
The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) has highlighted the growing contribution of the insurance sector to Uganda’s economic development and efforts to expand financial inclusion. An IRA team led by the acting chief executive officer, Dr Protazio Sande, briefed the State Minister for Finance ( General Duties), Cissy Mulondo, on the performance of the…
Uganda has called on African countries to protect their natural resources, strengthen regional trade and intensify the fight against corruption as key steps towards achieving sustainable economic growth and industrial development across the continent. The call was made by the state minister for Finance (General Duties), Cissy Mulondo, during a high-level African Union ministerial meeting…
The mnister of state for Finance (General Duties), Cissy Mulondo, has urged residents of Luweero to fully embrace government poverty reduction programmes, saying they are intended to benefit every Ugandan regardless of political affiliation or religion. Speaking at an NRM mobilisation meeting in Makulubita sub-county, Mulondo encouraged residents to take advantage of initiatives such as…
For the last 32 years, residents of Butambala have watched successive cabinet appointments come and go without seeing one of their own named minister. The last person from Butambala to serve in cabinet was the late Abbey Kafumbe Mukasa, who was deputy minister of Finance before his death in 1994. Kafumbe had represented Butambala in…
