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URA Raises PAYE Tax-Free Threshold to Shs335,000 From Shs235,000

URA Raises PAYE Tax-Free Threshold to Shs335,000 From Shs235,000

KAMPALA: Uganda is planning sweeping changes to its personal income tax system to ease pressure on low-income earners, even as it rolls out new tax measures to recover at least 49 billion Ugandan shillings in additional revenue, according to official proposals for the 2026/27 financial year seen

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Gen Muhoozi Signals Possible UPDF Withdrawal from DRC Over Friction with Ituri Governor

Gen Muhoozi Signals Possible UPDF Withdrawal from DRC Over Friction with Ituri Governor

Gen Muhoozi KainerugabaUganda’s military chief said on Tuesday that troops deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could begin withdrawing within days, underscoring growing tensions between Ugandan forces and local authorities in the conflict-hit region.General Muhoozi Ka

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DR Congo First Lady Unharmed After Attempted Break-in at Washington Hotel

DR Congo First Lady Unharmed After Attempted Break-in at Washington Hotel

DRC First Lady Denise Nyakeru at an event in United StatesWASHINGTON/KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday its First Lady, Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, is safe following a reported attempted break-in at a Washington hotel where she is staying during an official visit to

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Mob Lynches Two Suspected Cannibals in Kyankwanzi

Mob Lynches Two Suspected Cannibals in Kyankwanzi

Police in Kyankwanzi District have launched investigations into a suspected murder case that triggered mob justice, leaving three people dead.The incident occurred on March 20, 2026, in Kiryanongo Village, Bananywa Sub-county, where an angry mob lynched two men identified only as Ssemasaka

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Boda Boda Rider Killed in Crash Involving Bus on Kabale–Mbarara Highway

Boda Boda Rider Killed in Crash Involving Bus on Kabale–Mbarara Highway

Kabale: A 24-year-old boda boda rider has died in a road crash involving a bus belonging to Abapakasi Bus Company along the Kabale–Mbarara Highway.The accident occurred on Wednesday night at around 9:40 PM at Kyobugombe.Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson Elly Maate identified the

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Bobi Wine Surfaces in Washington After Weeks in Hiding, Begins U.S. Engagements

Bobi Wine Surfaces in Washington After Weeks in Hiding, Begins U.S. Engagements

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has surfaced in the United States, confirming he left the country after nearly two months in hiding following the disputed 2026 presidential election.Kyagulanyi said on Saturday he had begun international e

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DR Congo: Islamic State-linked Fighters Attack Army, Mining Site in Bunia

DR Congo: Islamic State-linked Fighters Attack Army, Mining Site in Bunia

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Suspected fighters linked to Islamic State attacked Congolese army positions and a mining site in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing a military captain and several soldiers in an ambush, local officials and security sources said on Sunday.

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Mubende: Police Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping and Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy

Mubende: Police Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping and Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy

Police in Mubende District have arrested a suspect in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a four-year-old boy whose body was later recovered from a pit latrine days after he went missing.The deceased has been identified as Daniel Kazungu, the son of Baingana Eric, a resident of N

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Besigye Threatens to Stop Coming to Court

Besigye Threatens to Stop Coming to Court

Former presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has threatened to boycott court proceedings, accusing the court and prosecution of treating the defence unfairly in the ongoing treason case against him.Besigye, his political ally Hajj Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, and UPDF captain Denis Oola are

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KCCA Closes Industrial Area Road for Concrete Works

KCCA Closes Industrial Area Road for Concrete Works

The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has temporarily closed Sixth Street in Kampala’s Industrial Area to allow for major concrete road works, following years of complaints from motorists and businesses about severe potholes along the busy corridor.In a traffic advisory issued late F

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