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Govt Slaps New Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer

Govt Slaps New Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer

The government has announced new tax measures on cigarettes, beer, imports, and agricultural by-product exports in the 2025/26 national budget, in a bid to boost domestic revenue and harmonize with regional tax frameworks.Presenting the budget to Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Ma

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Ex-MP’s Wife Dies in Nakasongola Accident

Ex-MP’s Wife Dies in Nakasongola Accident

The wife of a former Ugandan MP was among the five people that died in a Nakasongola accident on Sunday, June 08, 2025.Phiona Agaba, the wife of former Kitagwenda MP Abbas Agaba Mugisa, was one of those who died in the road crash, a head-on collision betw

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Family Desperately Searching for Missing Senior Six Vacationist Christine Naluyange

Family Desperately Searching for Missing Senior Six Vacationist Christine Naluyange

The family of 19-year-old Christine Lizz Naluyange, a Senior Six vacationist and former student of Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Secondary School in Bbiina, has launched a search for her whereabouts after she failed to return home last week.Naluyange was last seen on the morning of Thursday, 5

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Trump Sends National Guard to Los Angeles Amid Immigration Raid Unrest

Trump Sends National Guard to Los Angeles Amid Immigration Raid Unrest

US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles following two days of unrest in the city’s Paramount district, where residents, largely from the Latino community, have clashed with federal agents over immigration raids.The clashes erupte

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US vetoes UN call for unconditional Gaza ceasefire

US vetoes UN call for unconditional Gaza ceasefire

The US has vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution calling for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza.The other 14 members voted in favour of the document, which also demanded the release of all hostages and the lifting of humanitarian aid restriction

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Equity Group posts Shs 433.2bn profit

Equity Group posts Shs 433.2bn profit

L-R: Equity Bank Uganda Executive Director, Claver Serumaga, Equity Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi and Equity Bank Uganda Managing Director, Gift Shoko, during the Quarter One 2025 Investor Briefing event.The lender

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Govt Launches Million LEGS Project to Transform Rural Livelihoods

Govt Launches Million LEGS Project to Transform Rural Livelihoods

The Government of Uganda, with support from international partners, has unveiled $50.4 million(Shs 191.5 billion) initiative aimed at improving rural livelihoods and accelerating economic transformation across 17 districts under the Local Economic Growth Support (LEGS) Project.Implemented

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Is West grooming Ugandan media, NGOs to promote anti-Russia propaganda?

Is West grooming Ugandan media, NGOs to promote anti-Russia propaganda?

In Uganda, the geopolitical rivalry between the West on one hand, and Russia plus China on the other, is threatening to spill full-blown into the media if recent reports are anything to go by.For decades, it has always been known that the geopolitics is m

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Opportunity Bank Basks in Triumph at BoU's Agricultural Credit Facility Awards

Opportunity Bank Basks in Triumph at BoU's Agricultural Credit Facility Awards

It was a night to remember as Opportunity Bank Uganda scooped nine awards at this year's Agricultural Credit Facility Awards(ACF) organised by Bank of Uganda.The awards ceremony was held at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala to mark 15 years of  the transformative ACF loan scheme,

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UEDCL Replaces 116 Dilapidated Transformers

UEDCL Replaces 116 Dilapidated Transformers

Power distributor, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited(UEDCL) has announced the completion of replacing at least 116 dilapidated transformers in the last two months.On March, 31, UEDCL officially took over electricity distribution operations from UMEME Limited, marking the end

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