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UCC clarifies tax study after social media backlash

UCC clarifies tax study after social media backlash

UCC Executive Director Nyombi Thembo announced the return of web services Jan. 18, while keeping a temporary ban on social media and messaging apps.Uganda’s communications regulator has clarified the findings of a report on telecommunications taxation, after social media commentary used

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Gulu’s Shs6b greening project at risk as developers scramble for Kaunda Grounds land

Gulu’s Shs6b greening project at risk as developers scramble for Kaunda Grounds land

The heightened demand for portions of Kaunda Grounds and neighbouring Green Valley by several developers could cost Gulu City its Shs6 billion greening project, the Monitor has learnt.Mr Alfred Okello, the Gulu City Landscape Officer, expressed fears that the city administration could lose

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Livelihoods Gone: Over 200 Left Homeless, Property Destroyed in Kassanda Inferno

Livelihoods Gone: Over 200 Left Homeless, Property Destroyed in Kassanda Inferno

Livelihoods Gone: Over 200 Left Homeless, Property Destroyed in Kassanda InfernoKASSANDA DISTRICT: 20 JUNE 2026— Police in Wamala Region are investigating a devastating afternoon fire that gutted Kikadde Trading Center in Lwensambya Village, Kitumbi Sub-County, leaving over 200 residents

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Nigerian National Arrested Over Operating Illegal Mental Health Facility

Nigerian National Arrested Over Operating Illegal Mental Health Facility

Authorities have arrested a Nigerian national accused of operating an unlicensed mental health facility in Wakiso District, where investigators reportedly recovered government drugs and found patients being held in poor conditions.WAKISO — A Nigerian national has been arrested by the Sta

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Grief: Bunyangabu MP Victor Kalenzi Loses Son To Cancer!

Grief: Bunyangabu MP Victor Kalenzi Loses Son To Cancer!

Grief has engulfed Bunyangabu County Member of Parliament Dr. Victor Kalenzi following the death of his four-year-old son, Psalms Kalenzi Victor Amooti, after a battle with cancer.Psalms passed away on June 17, 2026, at Mulago National Referral Hospital, where he had been receiving treatme

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Museveni Reportedly Orders Fresh Probe Into Geraldine Ssali Case Amid Claims of Political Persecution

Museveni Reportedly Orders Fresh Probe Into Geraldine Ssali Case Amid Claims of Political Persecution

Kampala: Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Ms Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa, could receive a major boost in her ongoing legal troubles following reports that President Yoweri Museveni has directed intelligence agencies to undertake a fresh review of the ci

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Mityana District Human Resource Boss Remanded over Salary Fraud

Mityana District Human Resource Boss Remanded over Salary Fraud

The Inspectorate of Government on 16th June 2026 arraigned the Principal Human Resource Mityana District Local Government Mukiibi Hussein, before the Anti-Corruption Court on three counts that include Causing his employer a financial loss of over 75 million shillings in irregular payments of unla

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Bebe Cool raises accountability, structural gaps in Kenzo-led UNMF

Bebe Cool raises accountability, structural gaps in Kenzo-led UNMF

Singer Moses Ssali alias Bebe Cool has warned the Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF), led by Edrisa Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo, against poor accountability in the management of government funds for musicians, warning that the federation will eventually be required to account for every shil

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Court orders Ernst & Young to pay URA Shs 3.48 billion in VAT

Court orders Ernst & Young to pay URA Shs 3.48 billion in VAT

Ernst & Young Uganda, one of the leading audit firms, has been ordered to pay the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Shs 3.48 billion as VAT from services it received from foreign companies within its global network.The dispute began after URA audited Ernst & Young Uganda for the perio

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LAND ROW! Kumi Residents Cry Out to Gen. Muhoozi Over Alleged Sale of 450-Acre Hospital Land

LAND ROW! Kumi Residents Cry Out to Gen. Muhoozi Over Alleged Sale of 450-Acre Hospital Land

Kumi, Uganda — Residents of Ongino in Kumi District have appealed to the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to help them recover hospital land which they claim was erroneously sold to an unknown person believed to be a soldier.According to residents who spoke to this publ

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