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The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, underperformance and questionable management, after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed deep cracks in one of government’s most ambitious agricultural ventures. Implemented under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the 10-year project …

By Michael Jjingo There’s a certain buzz to the sight of a trailer finally wheeling through Malaba or Busia border, dusty and triumphant like a taxi arriving late but still somehow on time. Many Ugandan traders have built entire empires on this ritual, fill out a sheaf of paperwork, pay taxes with a sigh, and sell imported goods at a …

Swiss-Indian billionaire Pankaj Oswal’s industrial empire is under fire after Ugandan authorities accused his flagship ethanol factory in the East African country of choking protected wetlands with toxic waste — a crime that could land company bosses behind bars for up to 12 years, RedPepper can report. The storm centres on PRO Industries Pte Limited, a massive ethanol and extra-neutral …