Contributors to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will receive 11.5 percent interest they earned this year, Finance minister Matia Kasaija announced Thursday. "As per Section 36(2) of the NSSF Act (Cap 230), for the Financial Year 2023/24, I declare an interest rate of 11.5 percen
Two employees of Easthood Logistics Limited have been convicted of making a false declaration to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) after pleading guilty to charges involving the fraudulent registration of a motor vehicle. Jibril Jimmy Waibale, a director at Easthood Logistics Limited, and Halimah L
Officials at the Kampala-based Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute (NCRI) have said they are seeing more qualified medical professionals enrolling for the course on traditional medicine as integration of modern and traditional medicine takes shape. âOur students are peop
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
