In Uganda, a cultural leader once invoked presidential immunity after failing to pay for fish he had ordered from suppliers in the late 1960s. Whereas presidential immunity is something that municipal legislations speak about with sublime reservations, the ICC has no appetite for presidential imm
URA's Commissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs, Mrs. Catherine Donovan KyokundaThe Court of Appeal has upheld URA’s withholding tax assessment of UGX 24,232,558,369 against ATC Uganda Limited in Court of Appeal, Civil Appeal No. 220 of 2022.ATC Uganda Limited obtained a s
Uganda’s avocado sector is booming, with over 47,000 tonnes of avocado produced annually and exports rising sharply to as much as 22,600 tonnes in 2024. Yet, for many households, consumption stops at the pulp, while the peelings go straight into trash. Avocado is one of the most common f
The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, has revealed that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is expected to collect Shs 44.5 billion in taxes to support a proposed Shs 84.209 trillion national budget for the 2026/27 financial year.Musasizi also
Former intelligence chief Gen David Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo are in a war of words over Norbert Mao.Norbert Mao, the Laroo-Pece MP-elect and the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, has sparked debate with his bid to wrestle the speakership from incumbent Anita Annet Among, the
Former intelligence chief Gen David Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo are in a war of words over Norbert Mao.Norbert Mao, the Laroo-Pece MP-elect and the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, has sparked debate with his bid to wrestle the speakership from incumbent Anita Annet Among, the
A simmering land scandal is exploding inside government corridors after shocking revelations emerged that a prime chunk of public land meant for a national goat breeding project may have been illegally converted into private property in what insiders are already calling a “well-calculated land
Government has revealed that the first batch of people that received money through the Parish Development Model (PDM) have started repaying back the loans.So far, UGX1.4Bn has been paid through the Wendi App, with Maracha district, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Masaka City, Mubend
Busega-Mpigi Expressway projectKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is concerned about the escalating cost of the Busega–Mpigi Expressway with lawmakers questioning how the project’s contract price doubled from the initial Shs547.5 billion to over Shs1.2 trillion.The C
visually impaired student at Makerere University is facing a severe disruption to his academic programme after unknown thieves broke into his room and made off with his laptop and upkeep money amounting to approximately Shs300,000 — losses that have placed his continued studies in serious jeopa
