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Minister Amongi Calls for Modernization of Employment Laws to Address Digital Economy

Minister Amongi Calls for Modernization of Employment Laws to Address Digital Economy

The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi has said it is high time Uganda modernized it s employment laws in a bid to address the digital economy.Speaking during the opening ceremony of the third Annual National Labour Convention and Expo as Mestil Hotel in Kampa

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Informality in Artisanal Mining Bleeds Revenue, NGO Warns

Informality in Artisanal Mining Bleeds Revenue, NGO Warns

Uganda continues to lose significant revenue from the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector due to rampant informality and weak regulatory enforcement, the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) has said.Despite being rich in minerals, Uganda has failed to tran

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The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’

The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’

Tattoos are an unreliable marker of gang membership, writes professor of LawThe United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members of the T

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KCCA Leadership Takes Action To Address Flooding Hotspots In Kyambogo And Kinawataka

KCCA Leadership Takes Action To Address Flooding Hotspots In Kyambogo And Kinawataka

The Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, together with her deputy, Benon Kigenyi, spent the yesterday afternoon surveying key flooding hotspots in the Kyambogo and Kinawataka areas.

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Court Orders Sale of Emerald Hotel over ABSA Loan

Court Orders Sale of Emerald Hotel over ABSA Loan

Kampala, Uganda – The Court of Appeal has directed the appointed receiver to audit and sell Emerald Hotel in Kampala within six months under court supervision.This decision overturns a prior High Court judgment

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URA Urges Landlords to Declare Rental Properties or Face Penalties

URA Urges Landlords to Declare Rental Properties or Face Penalties

Mbarara, Uganda — The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has called on landlords across the country to voluntarily declare their rental properties and register for rental income tax, warning of steep penalties for non-compliance.

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Besigye Faces Police Brutality Due to Indiscipline; I Don't Hear Mao in Such Conflicts – M7 in 2016

Besigye Faces Police Brutality Due to Indiscipline; I Don't Hear Mao in Such Conflicts – M7 in 2016

The issue of political violence in Uganda, especially during elections, has been a long-standing source of tension. President Yoweri Museveni has frequently blamed opposition leaders for these conflicts.This was o

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Where Is Gen. Otafiire? Fireworks in Uganda as Ugandans Demand to Know His Whereabouts

Where Is Gen. Otafiire? Fireworks in Uganda as Ugandans Demand to Know His Whereabouts

The political temperature in Uganda has risen following the violent incidents that marred the Kawempe North by-election.Political analyst Joseph Ochieno has questioned the silence of key government officials, part

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Kenyan firm Moves to Seize KIU as Embattled businessman Basajjabalaba defaults on Shs. 57B loan

Kenyan firm Moves to Seize KIU as Embattled businessman Basajjabalaba defaults on Shs. 57B loan

City businessman and billionaire, Hassan Basajjabalaba could lose a significant part of his Kampala International University over UGX 57 billion loan dispute after the High Court in Kampala ruled in favor of Housing Finance Company Limited in a high-stakes financial dispute.The ruling, whi

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State Seeks Court Approval To Hack Dr Kizza Besigye’s Phone

State Seeks Court Approval To Hack Dr Kizza Besigye’s Phone

The Ugandan government has petitioned the Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court for permission to access and extract electronic data from phones belonging to jailed Opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and two of his associates.

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