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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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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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Trade Order Chaos: Vendors’ livelihoods hang in the balance

Trade Order Chaos: Vendors’ livelihoods hang in the balance

After months of tense evictions and confiscated merchandise, the Ministry of Local Government has promised a reset. Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya told traders’ leaders on Wednesday that government will secure “enough alternative trading spaces” and that enforcement of the nationwide Tra

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Road upgrade in Nansana Municipality aims to boost transport and economy

Road upgrade in Nansana Municipality aims to boost transport and economy

For years, commuters and traders in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District, have navigated some of the poorest road infrastructure in the greater Kampala area, with key routes like the 1.6-kilometre Dick Kaweesa Road barely passable. Now, a multi-billion shilling upgrade promises not only smoother

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Gov’t orders resumption of trade order enforcement

Gov’t orders resumption of trade order enforcement

Local Govt Minister, Raphael Magyezi instructed Chief Administrative Officers, Town Clerks, and city authorities to restore order in urban areas by relocating traders operating on streets, pavements, corridors, and drainage channels into designated markets and formal trading spaces.Street

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Transport Paralysed as Masaka–Mutukula Highway Collapses After Flooding

Transport Paralysed as Masaka–Mutukula Highway Collapses After Flooding

A key cross-border highway linking Uganda to Tanzania has been cut off after heavy rains washed away a section of the road, stranding motorists and disrupting trade in the region.Transport and trade have been brought to a standstill along the Masaka–Kyotera–Mutukula highway after a sec

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Museveni Clarifies Sovereignty Bill: ‘It is About Policy, Not Private Money’

Museveni Clarifies Sovereignty Bill: ‘It is About Policy, Not Private Money’

Independence means the right to make our own mistakes if necessary and learn from themPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has moved to de-escalate growing public anxiety over the proposed Sovereignty Bill, dismissing claims that the legislation aims to stifle foreign investment or block finan

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Britain Must Confront Its Past and Rethink Its Role in Africa

Britain Must Confront Its Past and Rethink Its Role in Africa

Uganda provides a modern case study of these tensions. During recent electoral cycles, figures such as Bobi Wine drew international attention, with Western governments including the UK voicing concerns over human rights and electoral conduct.The story of Britain’s global rise cannot be t

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Sovereignty Bill Criticism Is Misguided, Says Nsibambi

Sovereignty Bill Criticism Is Misguided, Says Nsibambi

The emotional reactions to the bill misrepresent it. It’s very difficult for the common man to fully understand the bill’s gist. It’s our responsibility as elites to explain to the public the full purpose of the bill.Former FDC deputy president argues opposition to proposed law is dr

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Amuriat Pushes Opposition Unity After 2026 Polls

Amuriat Pushes Opposition Unity After 2026 Polls

Opposition leaders and analysts have reacted with caution to Patrick Amuriat’s renewed call for unity, citing mistrust, competition, and structural weaknesses within Uganda’s fragmented opposition landscape.Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has intensifie

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