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Gov’t Refuses to Reduce Tax on Mobile Money

Gov’t Refuses to Reduce Tax on Mobile Money

Ugandans using mobile money platforms will continue to contend with the 0.5 percent tax to withdraw cash, a tax that has been blamed for the high cost and low uptake of digital money.The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, declined to include the proposal of halving the

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CSOs press MAAIF to gazette banned and restricted pesticides

CSOs press MAAIF to gazette banned and restricted pesticides

Civil society organisations have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to issue a gazette notice detailing recalled and restricted pesticides, alongside clear compliance timelines and updates to the National Agrochemical Register.The call was made during

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Zzimwe’s son, daughter face arrest over Shs 612m loan

Zzimwe’s son, daughter face arrest over Shs 612m loan

In December 2012, businessman Arvind Patel sued Zzimwe Enterprises and its directors, Paul Kasagga and Josephine Kasagga, demanding Shs 612 million.Paul and Josephine are the children of prominent businessman Andrew Kasagga, the founder of Zzimwe Enterprises, who died in 2010.Patel

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Police Investigate After Baby Allegedly Poisoned by Relative

Police Investigate After Baby Allegedly Poisoned by Relative

Shock and grief have engulfed residents of Katwe Cell in Nakawuka Parish, Kajjansi Town Council, Wakiso District after a one-year-old baby girl was allegedly poisoned to death by her caretaker.The deceased has been identified as Balisala Promise, aged one year.According to police, t

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10 Killed in Manafwa, Buyende Motorcycle Crashes as Police Intensify Road Safety Crackdown

10 Killed in Manafwa, Buyende Motorcycle Crashes as Police Intensify Road Safety Crackdown

At least 10 people have died in two separate motorcycle crashes in eastern Uganda, with traffic police linking the fatalities to overloading, speeding, and reckless riding as enforcement operations intensify nationwide.At least 10 people have been killed in two separate motorcycle crashes

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Paul Mugerwa Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for the Murder of Prominent Ugandan Doctor Dr. Wilfred Olila

Paul Mugerwa Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for the Murder of Prominent Ugandan Doctor Dr. Wilfred Olila

In a ruling delivered on Monday, April 13, 2026, by Lady Justice Sarah Birungi Kalibbala rejected Mugerwa’s plea bargain in which he had pleaded guilty to all charges on February 24, 2026 and asked the court to hand him only 30 years in prison. The judge described the offence as grave, premedit

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Anti-Corruption Unit Cracks Down on Former Flying Squad Operative Behind Fake Murder Plot and Extortion

Anti-Corruption Unit Cracks Down on Former Flying Squad Operative Behind Fake Murder Plot and Extortion

The Anti-Corruption Unit, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has made a significant arrest in a case that has stunned the public. Kizito Ronald, a man charged with demanding money with menaces, was brou

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Decision to Join NRM was Personal-Yusuf Nsibambi

Decision to Join NRM was Personal-Yusuf Nsibambi

Outgoing Mawokota South Member of Parliament, Yusuf Nsibambi, has stated that his decision to join the the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) was personal and followed more than two decades of involvement in opposition politics.Speaking to Canary Mugume during NBS Face Off on Sunday

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Authorities downplay Apac school panga attack, cite student indiscipline

Authorities downplay Apac school panga attack, cite student indiscipline

Security officials in Apac district have dismissed reports of a coordinated panga attack on students of Apac Seed Secondary School, instead attributing the Easter Sunday incident to student indiscipline.At least seven students sustained serious injuries, including cuts to the neck, back, h

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Uganda Wildlife Authority break silence on chimpanzee war in Kibale national park

Uganda Wildlife Authority break silence on chimpanzee war in Kibale national park

He noted that scientists documented a rare and gradual social split within the group over nearly a decadeUganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has dismissed reports of an ongoing chimpanzee war in Kibale National Park, saying the claims misrepresent a long-running scientific study of one chimpan

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