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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ORDERS REFORMS IN TEA SECTOR
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SUMMARY: The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has been directed to draft regulations that will guide Uganda’s tea sector with the purpose of protecting farmers from price fluctuations. The directive was made by President Yoweri Museveni during a meeting with tea farmers and processors in Bushenyi District on Tuesday. “We need to regulate those who grow tea so that they grow it properly and the ones who buy it, buy good tea. This will be done,’ “he said.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS RECALL OF HEART DRUG OVER SAFETY CONCERNS
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SUMMARY: The Government has ordered an immediate nationwide recall of calcium gluconate, a drug used to treat several health conditions, including cardiac arrest, due to safety concerns. This was after experts raised concerns that the drug could pose a risk to human health including a possible link to cancer. The directive was issued by the National Medical Stores (NMS), following a safety alert from the National Drug Authority (NDA).
JAPAN HOSTS AFRICAN LEADERS FOR DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT
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SUMMARY: Japan hosted African leaders yesterday for a three-day development Japan conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change. Vice President, Jessica Alupo is attending as a representative to the President Yoweri kaguta Museveni.
USA, UGANDA STRIKE DEPORTATION DEAL
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SUMMARY: The US government has signed a bilateral deportation agreement with Uganda to take in an unclear number of African and Asian migrants who had claimed asylum on the US- Mexico border. Documents obtained by CBS News, which is headquartered in New York City, indicate Uganda recently agreed to accept deportees from the US who hail from other countries on the continent, as long as they do not have criminal histories.
