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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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Centenary Bank, Office of the Supreme Mufti Partner to Scale up Financial Inclusion

Centenary Bank, Office of the Supreme Mufti Partner to Scale up Financial Inclusion

Centenary Bank, the leading microfinance bank in the country and the Office of the Supreme Mufti (OSM) partnered to roll out the OSM Digital Payments Platform, a transformative initiative aimed at facilitating seamless financial transactions within Muslim communities through secure, convenient, a

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MORE PAIN: Centenary Bank Freezes Agather Atuhaire’s Account after Her Organization AGORA’s Accounts Were Blocked – Activist Says

MORE PAIN: Centenary Bank Freezes Agather Atuhaire’s Account after Her Organization AGORA’s Accounts Were Blocked – Activist Says

Activist Agather Atuhaire says Centenary Bank has frozen her account after her organization AGORA’s accounts were blocked.AGORA Discourse is a digital public square promoting human rights, public accountability and social justice.The freezing of bank accounts belonging to non-gove

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Archbishop Odama's vehicle knocked dead mobile money operator near Lacor

Archbishop Odama's vehicle knocked dead mobile money operator near Lacor

Retired Archbishop John Baptist Odama's vehicle reportedly lost control and crashed into a young boy operating a mobile money stall near Kati Kati Lacor.According to eyewitnesses, the driver attempted to avoid a child rolling a motorcycle tire but lost control and veered off the road, stri

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Breaking: Christopher Okello denies murder charges

Breaking: Christopher Okello denies murder charges

The presiding judge, Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha listed four counts of murder, each relating to the death of one of the four infants allegedly killed at Ggaba.Christopher Okello Onyum, the key suspect in the gruesome murder of toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Center early

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Trial of Ggaba Daycare Killings Suspect kicks off at Scene of Crime

Trial of Ggaba Daycare Killings Suspect kicks off at Scene of Crime

The trial of Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four children at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, commenced on Monday during a High Court session held at the scene of the crime in Makindye Division, Kampala.Okello Onyum faces four counts of murder in con

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Gulu: Sacred Heart Girls Old Students Launch Shs220m Sick Bay Project

Gulu: Sacred Heart Girls Old Students Launch Shs220m Sick Bay Project

Monsignor Martin Agwee accompanied by Hon. Betty Aol Ocan and Members of SHOGA at the launch of the Construction of the Sick Bay at the School on SaturdayGulu City — Old students of Sacred Heart Girls Secondary School in Gulu have launched the construction of a sick bay at the institutio

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Ntenjeru–Bule Road Upgrade Phase II Set to Boost Connectivity and Local Economy

Ntenjeru–Bule Road Upgrade Phase II Set to Boost Connectivity and Local Economy

Residents of Mpata and Ntenjeru sub-counties in Mukono District have welcomed the launch of Phase II of the Ntenjeru–Bule road upgrade, expressing optimism about improved transport, economic growth, and better access to essential services.For years, communities along the stretch have str

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Breakthrough: 11 Arrested Over Soroti Mobile Money Murder, Police Recover Gun & Cash

Breakthrough: 11 Arrested Over Soroti Mobile Money Murder, Police Recover Gun & Cash

Police have arrested 11 suspects in connection with the aggravated robbery and fatal shooting of Soroti City businesswoman Kokunda Patricia.The 36-year-old mobile money operator was shot dead on April 3 at about 4:40 AM near Goalman Supermarket along Station Road. Her attackers fled the sc

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Hundreds of Teachers Stranded as Kyambogo University Withholds Results for 2 Years

Hundreds of Teachers Stranded as Kyambogo University Withholds Results for 2 Years

Hundreds of primary school teachers pursuing diploma programmes under Kyambogo University are threatening to demonstrate following a two-year delay in the release of their examination results.The affected students, enrolled in Diploma in Primary Education (DPE) and Diploma in Early Childho

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