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Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

The salary of privates in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces could jump from Shs 650,000 to Shs 816,280 if a resolution reached between the defence ministry and Parliament holds.The proposed salary increment was agreed to by the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs officials and Membe

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Mao Calls for Reform as 12th Parliament Takes Shape

Mao Calls for Reform as 12th Parliament Takes Shape

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Norbert Mao has argued that discussion should shift to what needs to be done to make the 12th Parliament the “kind of Parliament that Ugandans want".Speaking during NBS Frontline on Thursday, Mao emphasised the need for a legislature com

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Gov’t Imposes New Taxes on Cement, Spirits

Gov’t Imposes New Taxes on Cement, Spirits

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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Law society rushes to court as US moves to ‘dump’ 12 deportees in Uganda

Law society rushes to court as US moves to ‘dump’ 12 deportees in Uganda

The lawyers said a privately operated aircraft carrying the deportees was expected to land at Entebbe International Airport on Friday April 2.The Uganda Law Society has rushed to court to challenge what it describes as a plan by the United States to deport 12 individuals to Uganda under wh

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Kitara petitions court to nullify MP Norbert Mao’s election

Kitara petitions court to nullify MP Norbert Mao’s election

The election of Laroo-Pece Division Member of Parliament Norbert Mao is being challenged in the High Court in Gulu, with petitioner Tonny Kitara alleging widespread electoral irregularities that he says affected the outcome of the January 2026 polls. In the petition, in which the Electoral Commis

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Molly Katanga reveals husband’s final dark battles

Molly Katanga reveals husband’s final dark battles

Molly Katanga (C) in courtFor the first time since her husband’s death nearly two years ago, Molly Katanga stood in a courtroom and told her side of the story.Appearing in person before the High court last Thursday, after months of following proceedings via video link from Luzira

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The hidden complexities of HIV’s Lenacapavir

The hidden complexities of HIV’s Lenacapavir

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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Winnie Byanyima says no hope for Besigye winning court case

Winnie Byanyima says no hope for Besigye winning court case

Byanyima said although the case may eventually be concluded, she does not expect justice.Winnie Byanyima has said she has little hope that her husband, Kizza Besigye, will receive a fair outcome in the court case he is currently facing.Speaking in an interview with BBC, Byanyima des

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NIRA to resend SMS alerts for ID collection after communication mishap

NIRA to resend SMS alerts for ID collection after communication mishap

Members of Parliament raised concern over the mix-up. Kagoma County MP Brandon Kintu said he personally received a message directing him to a collection centre in Kampala, only to be informed that his card was in Gulu.The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has said i

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Jubilation As Parliament Overturns Nabbanja Directive, Orders Immediate Reinstatement Of Farmers’ Weighbridges

Jubilation As Parliament Overturns Nabbanja Directive, Orders Immediate Reinstatement Of Farmers’ Weighbridges

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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