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Uganda’s Public Debt Hits Record UGX 130 Trillion as Domestic Borrowing Surge Raises Alarm

Uganda’s Public Debt Hits Record UGX 130 Trillion as Domestic Borrowing Surge Raises Alarm

KAMPALA – Uganda’s public debt has surged to a record US$34.86 billion (UGX 130.84 trillion) as of December 2025, piling fresh pressure on the government’s fiscal managers and raising concerns about the long-term burden on citizens and businesses.According to the Ministry of Finance,

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Mobile money taxes reversing digital financial inclusion in Uganda

Mobile money taxes reversing digital financial inclusion in Uganda

Uganda’s mobile money tax policy is threatening to reverse years of digital financial inclusion by driving low-income users back to cash. With 43 million accounts processing 326.3 trillion shillings annually, experts warn that excise duties on withdrawals and service fees are making digital pay

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EXCLUSIVE! Full List of 202 Public Officials Yet to Refund Misused Govt’s Shs2,363,814,211

EXCLUSIVE! Full List of 202 Public Officials Yet to Refund Misused Govt’s Shs2,363,814,211

The Inspectorate of Government has released a full list of 202 civil servants who are yet to refund over Shs2Billion they misappropriated.The IGG warns in the list last updated today, Monday, March 16, 2026 that the affected civil servants risk prosecution for Abuse of Office and disobedie

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Kireka 14Bn Market Project Cleared As IGG Brings Stakeholders Together

Kireka 14Bn Market Project Cleared As IGG Brings Stakeholders Together

Deputy IGG Anna Muhairwe greets an old man after the Kireka market redevelopment-related meeting at Kira Municipal Council headquarters. Deputy IGG Ann Muhairwe arrives to tour the Kireka market. Having existed since the early 1970s, Kireka main market is one of Uganda’s oldest ye

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Breaking Sad News! Tooro Crown Prince Kiijanangoma Battling Stage 3 Throat Cancer, Appeals To Public For Shs500M For Treatment In India!

Breaking Sad News! Tooro Crown Prince Kiijanangoma Battling Stage 3 Throat Cancer, Appeals To Public For Shs500M For Treatment In India!

Fort Portal: It’s sad news but we have no choice but to say it as it is. Tooro Kingdom Crown Prince David Kiijanangoma Araali is critically ill, battling stage three throat cancer, a disease that has reportedly been silently eating him away since last year.Highly placed sources close to

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Toto Wolff and Rory McIlroy's £450m investment after Man Utd talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Toto Wolff and Rory McIlroy's £450m investment after Man Utd talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff held talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe about potentially taking part in a Manchester United takeover alongside the billionaire back in 2023. Ratcliffe's takeover was confirmed by the club on Christmas Eve that year, but Wolff has since shifted his focus toward anothe

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Here’s the amount election officials earned during 2026 polls

Here’s the amount election officials earned during 2026 polls

The Electoral Commission has published detailed allowance rates for temporary election officials and said payments are ongoing, although some have been delayed due to mobile number mismatches.The Electoral Commission has released the official allowance rates for temporary election official

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CORRUPTION AS USUAL: Questions Raised Over Speaker Anita Among’s Alleged Ugx 500 Million Salary and Expanding Power in Parliament.

CORRUPTION AS USUAL: Questions Raised Over Speaker Anita Among’s Alleged Ugx 500 Million Salary and Expanding Power in Parliament.

Debate is intensifying within Uganda’s political circles over the growing influence of the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, as discussions about the future leadership of Parliament begin to take shape ahead of the next electoral cycle.Questions have also emerged regarding the remunera

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Middle East War: Uganda Fuel Prices Stay Below Europe

Middle East War: Uganda Fuel Prices Stay Below Europe

Kampala — Uganda’s fuel prices remain significantly lower than those in Europe despite rising geopolitical tensions affecting global oil markets, with officials attributing the stability to diversified supply arrangements through the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and its international su

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MITOOMA ON FIRE! 4 District Bosses Arrested Over Sale of Gov’t Jobs

MITOOMA ON FIRE! 4 District Bosses Arrested Over Sale of Gov’t Jobs

Mitooma senior district officials arrested on Thursday, 12th March, 2026MITOOMAFour Senior Local District officials of Mitooma have been arrested on allegations of selling government jobs and extorting money from job applicants during recent and ongoing Local Government recruitment

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