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How new PAYE will change your salary

How new PAYE will change your salary

For years, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) has felt like one of those silent deductions you don’t question. You just look at your payslip, sigh a little, and move on.But this time, it is different.For more than 10 years, Uganda has kept PAYE largely tied to a reality that no longer exists.

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The five common medicines that could be harming your hearing

The five common medicines that could be harming your hearing

When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting – and sometimes permanent – consequences: hearing loss. A wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are known to be oto

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Ntungamo, Rukiga shut animal markets over FMD outbreak

Ntungamo, Rukiga shut animal markets over FMD outbreak

Security and veterinary officials have suspended animal and animal product markets in Ntungamo District following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in some parts of the district. The animal movement quarantine will also affect Rukiga District.The Ntungamo Resident District Commissioner

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Public Service Announces New Reforms for Public Servants

Public Service Announces New Reforms for Public Servants

The Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, Ms. Lucy Nakyobe, has announced a raft of reforms in the civil service and stressed that government employees will only keep their jobs if they meet their set targets.Nakyobe made the remarks while addressing heads of Local Government hu

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Bushenyi Road Crash: Drivers Renew Calls for EPS

Bushenyi Road Crash: Drivers Renew Calls for EPS

A deadly crash along the Mbarara–Bushenyi–Ishaka road has reignited pressure from drivers and officials to restore automated traffic enforcement, as Uganda continues to record rising road deaths linked to speeding and weak policing.Eight people were killed early Saturday in a crash alo

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Female driver shot near Speaker Anita Among’s residence

Female driver shot near Speaker Anita Among’s residence

A yet-to-be-identified female motorist has been shot by a police officer near Speaker Anita Among’s residence in Kampala, sources told this publication on Thursday.The woman who was reportedly driving a Toyota Harrier near the residence of the Speaker of Parliament at Mackinnon Road in K

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Fact check: Did Malia Obama say Barack and Michelle are not her parents? Here's the truth

Fact check: Did Malia Obama say Barack and Michelle are not her parents? Here's the truth

family is frequently subjected to misinformation on social media, particularly from right-wing social media account. The latest of such claim concerns the elder daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, Malia Obama.Barack and Michelle Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha. (AFP)Barack a

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Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargaining cries of customers, there is now an edgy silence.Piles of empty wooden stalls still lie broken, some reduced

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Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license

Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license

Sugarcane farmers and leaders across Kagadi, Kibaale, and Kakumiro districts in Greater Kibaale, Bunyoro sub-region, are increasingly frustrated as continued delays in licensing a proposed sugar factory threaten their livelihoods.Many are reporting heavy losses due to limited market access

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FA Cup semi-final verdict reached as Wembley's empty seats raise important question

FA Cup semi-final verdict reached as Wembley's empty seats raise important question

The empty seats in the Manchester City end at Wembley on Saturday has again reignited the almost annual debate over whether the biggest stadium in the country should host FA Cup semi-finals.Pep Guardiola's side avoided a shock against Southampton as Nico Gonzalez scored a rocket with three

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