Tax controversies have recently stirred debate across the country, with the country’s tax body – the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)—and the National Treasury struggling to justify certain tax breaks to particular companies while in the National Assembly. In a new twist, the two age
On Bulabira 2 Road in Najjera, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, a group of workers plant new seedlings in a bamboo nursery bed. Another group is busy loading and offloading briquettes made from bamboo trees. The workers are under Divine Bamboo Group Ltd founded by Ms Divine Nabaweesi.
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for-money audit by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed.The audit shows that the actual expenditure for some of the activi
According to a recent audit conducted by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office, the Louisiana Office of Public Health has come under scrutiny for its mismanagement of finances in the clean drinking water fund for the fiscal year ending in June 2023. Audit F
The Church of Uganda has written to the Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Janet Museveni, seeking statutory instruments to enable the reopening of Iganga-based Busoga University.The university, which
Authorities in Nakaseke District are yet to sack 21 primary school head teachers in Nakaseke District for using forged academic transcripts despite a recommendation by the Inspectorate of Government (IG), the Daily Monitor has learnt.
This month, the national carrier, Uganda Airlines will make five years of spreading its wings across the East African region, India, West Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.The fifth birthd
Some of the anti-graft protesters who were charged at Buganda Road Court and remanded to Luzira Prison on July 23, 2024. Photo | Abubaker LubowaSeveral hundreds of Gen Zs on July 27, participated in virtual and physical protests over rising corruptio
Equity Group Chief Finance Officer Moses Nyabanda, Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi and Chief Internal Auditor Beth Kithinji during the Q1 2024 Investor Briefing eve
The leader of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine of Uganda has emphasised the welcome international sanctions placed on Ugandan officials not because they hate them but rather because of a pervasive worry about the culture of impunity th
