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How new taxes will hit you

How new taxes will hit you

Kakira Sugar and other factories petitioned the High courtFor many Ugandans, taxes rarely feel real when they are first announced in Parliament.They feel distant then. Technical. Wrapped in legal amendments and budget speeches. The impact usually becomes clearer later, at the fuel s

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BoU limits daily cash withdrawals for individuals to Shs50m

BoU limits daily cash withdrawals for individuals to Shs50m

Twinemanzi Tumubweine, Bank of Uganda Executive Director of National Payment Systems.Overview:The new measures, which take effect on January 1, 2027, are expected to reshape how businesses and consumers move money through the banking system.KAMPALA — The Bank of Uganda (BoU

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Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Parliament Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth (2nd right) leaves Parliament chambers after presiding over plenary session on May 28, 2026. PHOTO/ PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA X HANDLEThe budget of Parliament has within six years doubled to Shs1.2 trillion, despite the number of elected members of the Ho

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Arsenal Celebrate Premier League Crown With Bus Parade

Arsenal Celebrate Premier League Crown With Bus Parade

Arsenal’s English midfielder #41 Declan Rice, Arsenal’s Dutch defender #12 Jurrien Timber, Arsenal’s Norwegian midfielder #08 Martin Odegaard, Arsenal’s Spanish manager Mikel Arteta, Arsenal’s French defender #02 William Saliba and Arsenal’s Brazilian defender #06 Gabriel Magalhaes ce

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Uganda’s Pineapple Farmers Break into Global Markets

Uganda’s Pineapple Farmers Break into Global Markets

On 14 May 2026, Uganda marked a historic milestone by flagging-off the inaugural export of 104 metric tonnes of canned pineapple from Deshiburg Factory to ChinaWhen pineapples ripened all at once in Luwero, it often brought anxiety instead of celebration.For pineapple farmer Ms. Jan

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Museveni Probes Pro-Anita Among Minister Who gave Ugx300m per village to secure re-election as MP in the 15th Jan 2026 polls

Museveni Probes Pro-Anita Among Minister Who gave Ugx300m per village to secure re-election as MP in the 15th Jan 2026 polls

minister from Teso is being investigated by state house after whistle blowers went through vice president Jessica Alupo and got their petition delivered to Museveni who got bewildered upon reading its contents.The youthful minister as of that time was still very close to Anita Among and ha

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How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

confidential dossier pieced together by covert intelligence shows that State actors put Anita Among under surveillance as early as 2021, when she was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.The voluminous collection of documents, a copy of which Weekend Monitor has seen, discloses that “a reliable

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Founder of Biyinzika Poultry ordered to refund Shs 130m to foreign investors over botched land deal

Founder of Biyinzika Poultry ordered to refund Shs 130m to foreign investors over botched land deal

The Supreme Court has ordered Samuel Mukasa, the founder of Biyinzika Enterprises, to refund his foreign business partners more than Shs 130 million after a failed poultry farming land deal.Mukasa and his wife Milly Mukasa established Biyinzika Enterprises Limited, now Biyinzika Poultry In

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45-year-old Ntungamo father sentenced to 50 years in prison for defiling daughter, 7

45-year-old Ntungamo father sentenced to 50 years in prison for defiling daughter, 7

The High Court in Ntungamo District, Western Uganda has sentenced a 45-year-old man to 50 years in prison after convicting him of aggravated defilement of his seven-year-old daughter.Kasese District resident judge, Lawrence Tweyanze Karikwisya who presided over the trial, said the prosecut

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UGX 300b road works: Nateete–Nakawuka section to close for three months

UGX 300b road works: Nateete–Nakawuka section to close for three months

KAMPALA, Uganda — Motorists using the Nateete–Nakawuka Road corridor should prepare for significant traffic disruptions beginning Friday as the Ministry of Works and Transport closes a section of the road for drainage construction.The ministry announced Wednesday that the stretch betwe

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