Luweero Prepares Land For New Tomato Processor
NEXT month a cross-section of Luweero people will begin trial planting of tomatoes destined for processing into paste. Construction of the processing plant is also about to take-off.
Luweero triangle minister, Prof. Semakula Kiwanuka said recently, consultants from the Commonwealth secretariat had already met with possible investors who include Mukwano Industries, Babiiti Industries and Reco Industries.
East Africa Seeds Limited has already offered five types of free seeds.
The minister said project would help reduce poverty levels. He said 10,000 farmers have been registered and each would grow an acre of tomatoes for the new factory.
He said his ministry would coordinate the project, but the Commonwealth Secretariat; National Agriculture Advisory Services; Uganda Export Promotion Board; Uganda Investment Authority and other agencies would be involved.
4 Referral hospitals to be rehabilitated in 2003
Four out of the 10 regional Referral hospitals are lined up to receive a major face lift this financial year.
The Chairperson Parliamentary Committee on Social Services Dorothy Hyuha says the situation obtaining at the Referral hospitals is pathetic.
State Minister for Health Capt. Mike Mukula (in picture) says rehabilitation work this fiscal year will focus on four regional hospitals which are in dire need.
Some of these are Arua and Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital.
Universal Secondary Educ. long way off
The Commissioner for Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education and Sports Hajji Yusuf Nsubuga has revealed that it is still not possible for Ugandans to acquire Universal Secondary Education program.
Commissioner Hajji Yusuf Nsubuga revealed this at Kololo High School in Kampala during a one-day seminar to discuss ways of how to improve the academic standards of schools in Uganda with specific reference to Kololo High School which was recently transferred from Kololo hill.
He noted that it's still difficult to implement Universal Secondary Education because it requires a lot of money to hire teachers and construct schools at Secondary level in all Sub-Counties through Uganda.
