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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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Cut-off points hiked as Makerere University faces admission crisis

Cut-off points hiked as Makerere University faces admission crisis

Tension is brewing at Makerere University as more parents and students flock to the hill to complain about missing out on government-sponsored admission despite strong academic results. However, the university’s Academic Registrar, Prof Mukadasi Buyinza, insists that the process was fair

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Kapelebyong’s Labira Girls School Faces New Challenges as Enrollment Surges

Kapelebyong’s Labira Girls School Faces New Challenges as Enrollment Surges

The soaring enrollment at Labira Girls Secondary School in Obalanga Sub-County, Kapelebyong District, is largely attributed to its exceptional academic performance, but this rapid growth has also brought forth significant challenges that the government must address promptly.Headteacher Agg

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Crackdown in Nsambya: Police Round Up Street Crime Suspects

Crackdown in Nsambya: Police Round Up Street Crime Suspects

Police commanded by Kabalagala DPC Sydney Ayikoyo have this aafternoon launched targeted operations in Nsambya West, Buyondo Zone, and surrounding areas leading to the arrest of several suspects linked to attacks on motorists, phone snatching, and other street crimes.These efforts are part

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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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Lubaga Hospital defends Shs 8.5 million bill after patient’s death

Lubaga Hospital defends Shs 8.5 million bill after patient’s death

The hospital justified a Shs 8.5 million medical bill charged to the late Ssengonzi Dennis, after a viral video in which the deceased’s colleagues accused the facility of overcharging and withholding the body.Lubaga Hospital has defended a Shs 8.5 million bill following a viral video al

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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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Museveni To Commission Uganda’s Anti-Tick Vaccine Production

Museveni To Commission Uganda’s Anti-Tick Vaccine Production

President Museveni is expected to launch the first anti-trick vaccine developed by Ugandan researchers. The new vaccine has been dubbed a game-changer with the ability to combat East Coast Fever. The TikVaccine, also known as TikV-U, was developed by researchers from Makerere University le

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Gravity Omutujju Under Fire Over Secret Shs650m Payout in Bitter Row with Bebe Cool

Gravity Omutujju Under Fire Over Secret Shs650m Payout in Bitter Row with Bebe Cool

On Thursday April 30, the country woke up to viral video clips of singer Gravity Omutujju demanding money from fellow musician and prominent supporter of President Yoweri Museveni, Bebe Cool, claiming he had not received funds allegedly meant for musicians who participated in campaign activities.

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No One Can Take On Aceng Apart From Me — Amongi

No One Can Take On Aceng Apart From Me — Amongi

Gender Minister Betty Amongi says her political battle with Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is rooted in what she describes as longstanding divisions and grievances within Lango politics.The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi Akena, has positioned herself as the main politi

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