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02 Apr '26
Alcohol consumers and the construction industry face fresh price hikes as the government tables the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeking to impose higher levies on imported spirits and building materials.Minister of State for Finance, Henry Musasizi, presented the bill in Parliament
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02 Apr '26
The EU Ambassador to Uganda Jan Sadek at Kalangala Islands.The European Union has announced plans to open a Consulate General in Kalangala District and support the construction of an airport, in a move aimed at boosting Uganda’s pineapple exports to European markets.EU Ambassador
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02 Apr '26
In a recent interview with the Public Opinions Journal, Gen Jim Muhwezi, a prominent figure in Ugandan politics, lauded President Yoweri Museveni for his unwavering commitment to peace, stability, and African integration. Gen Muhwezi articulated that Museveni is not merely the president of Uganda
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02 Apr '26
Prime minister Rt Hon Robinah NabanjaPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been preoccupied with arrangement for his swearing in ceremony in May but behind the curtain, a more rigorous norm of choosing the most able of men and women to run the next five year government with must be ongoing
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02 Apr '26
Col Deo Akiiki, a close aide and Military Assistant to Gen Muhoozi, is among the notable new appointees and is set to serve as Uganda’s Military Attaché in Washington, D.C.Some of the newly appointed UPDF military attachés deployed to represent Uganda in foreign missions. L to R: Col A
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02 Apr '26
President Museveni’s “fishermen cabinet” of June 2021 was a gamble that stunned Ugandans. He elevated figures who were not widely expected to hold such prominent roles, describing them as fishermen pulled from the grassroots to serve at the highest level. Five years later, the record of the
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02 Apr '26
Global health is evolving rapidly, with breakthroughs turning into medicine.The latest advancement in viral research is Lenacapavir, an FDA-approved HIV injectable drug manufactured by American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.Renowned as a convenient, long-acting alternati
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02 Apr '26
Ugandan journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose is in trouble for publishing fake news that first lady Janet Museveni is dead. Mukose has been remanded to prison over the charges.Reportedly abducted by men believed to be security operatives on March 29, 2026, Mukose was brought to court on Wednes
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02 Apr '26
Kampala — Parliament has today Wednesday decisively moved to restore roadside weighbridges used by sugarcane farmers, in a dramatic reversal of Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja’s earlier directive that had ordered their removal.During Wednesday’s plenary sitting, legislators adopted a
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02 Apr '26
Hassan Basajjabalaba (in blue suit with a yellow cap) during his campaigns for Entrepreneurs League chairman in the NRM CEC electionsIshaka, Bushenyi – Fresh allegations of unpaid work have rocked Kampala International University (KIU), after investigative journalist Ninye Tabz exposed w