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ROT AT UWA! Probe Exposes Sh18.8bn Fee GAPS, Ghost Concessions & Sh2.9bn Unpaid Wildlife Claims

ROT AT UWA! Probe Exposes Sh18.8bn Fee GAPS, Ghost Concessions & Sh2.9bn Unpaid Wildlife Claims

UWA Executive Director Dr. James MusinguziFresh revelations from the Auditor General’s report as of December 2025 have laid bare deep cracks inside the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), raising tough questions about oversight, accountability and leadership at one of Uganda’s most strate

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EU Parliament Demands Release of Opposition Figures, Review of Ties With Uganda

EU Parliament Demands Release of Opposition Figures, Review of Ties With Uganda

KAMPALA: The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a strongly worded resolution condemning Uganda’s post-election environment, calling for the immediate release of opposition figures, an end to internet restrictions, and a review of the European Union’s cooperation with Kampala.In a

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Auditor General Flags Billions Lost in Uganda’s Cost-Cutting RAPEX

Auditor General Flags Billions Lost in Uganda’s Cost-Cutting RAPEX

The government’s flagship cost-cutting reform, the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX), has cost taxpayers tens of billions of shillings in disputed payouts, exposed serious asset mismanagement, and created fresh fiscal risks, the Auditor General’s 2026 repor

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UPC’s Jimmy Akena tells Muhoozi to ‘grow up’

UPC’s Jimmy Akena tells Muhoozi to ‘grow up’

Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Akena sounded off on the army chief and First Son, calling his social media posts “an embarrassment” to all Ugandans Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) president Jimmy Akena publicly chastised Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, urging th

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Why Muwanga Kivumbi needed Baganda colleagues more than politics

Why Muwanga Kivumbi needed Baganda colleagues more than politics

Muwanga Kivumbi surrounded by Prisons officers at courtIn Ugandan politics, success is often framed as a function of numbers, party machinery, and public rhetoric.Yet some political moments are not won by slogans or crowds, but by alliances of trust, identity, and professional solid

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MILLY BABALANDA: Why President Museveni’s Outreach to the Opposition Strengthens Uganda’s Democracy

MILLY BABALANDA: Why President Museveni’s Outreach to the Opposition Strengthens Uganda’s Democracy

Moments following national elections often test the strength of a country’s political institutions and the maturity of its leadership. Emotions can run high, divisions may deepen, and mistrust can easily obscure national purpose. It is precisely at such moments that leadership anchored in wisdo

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When climate risk becomes a budget risk

When climate risk becomes a budget risk

Despite legal buffer requirements of 100 metres from rivers and 200 metres from lakes,wetlands are increasingly encroached upon by settlements, farming, sand mining, and industrial activity, largely because oversight and enforcement remain underfunded.Here is why climate change is no longe

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Tax net tightens: Why EFRIS, DTS, rental tax are closing in on every business

Tax net tightens: Why EFRIS, DTS, rental tax are closing in on every business

EFRIS was first legally introduced through the Tax Procedures Code (E-Invoicing and E-Receipting) Regulations in 2020, with mandatory use by VAT-registered taxpayers beginning on 1 July 2020.In today’s rapidly digitizing economy, tax compliance in Uganda is no longer a back-office obliga

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Uganda: NSSF Stake in MTN Hits Shs1tn

Uganda: NSSF Stake in MTN Hits Shs1tn

MTN Uganda shares have staged a strong rally on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), delivering massive gains to its largest local investors in just eight weeks as the stock surged by Shs116 per share.By November 25, 2025, MTN Uganda shares were trading at Shs312. By February 6, 2026, the

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Inside the battle for House Speakership

Inside the battle for House Speakership

The race for the Speakership in the 12th Parliament moved up a gear this week, with the two leading candidates ripping along at a cracking pace. Following Mr Norbert Mao’s opening gambit, in which the president-general of Uganda’s oldest party—the Democratic Party (DP)—made clear that “

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