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Govt Abandons Plan to Tax all Cash Withdrawal

Govt Abandons Plan to Tax all Cash Withdrawal

Government has dropped its plan to tax all cash withdrawals after strong resistance from stakeholders, highlighting concerns over economic impact, financial inclusion, and policy contradictions. While the proposal is shelved for now, authorities say the broader push toward a cashless economy and

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Bobi Wine demands release of 'abducted' journalist Mukose

Bobi Wine demands release of 'abducted' journalist Mukose

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has condemned the reported abduction of journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose, calling for his immediate release or lawful prosecution if any charges exist.‎‎Mukose, a journalist attached to Alternative Digitalk Media

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Traders Rush to Clear Structures Ahead of Ntungamo Crackdown

Traders Rush to Clear Structures Ahead of Ntungamo Crackdown

Traders in Ntungamo Municipality are hurriedly dismantling kiosks and roadside structures as a 14-day ultimatum expires, with many raising concerns over losses and the lack of a clear relocation plan.Traders in Ntungamo Municipal Town have scrambled to dismantle unapproved temporary struct

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Rukikaire Installed as Chancellor of Kabale University

Rukikaire Installed as Chancellor of Kabale University

Canon Mathew Rukikaire, the former Minister of Privatisation, has been installed as the new Chancellor of Kabale University. The 88-year-old was installed on Tuesday by Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who represented President Yoweri Museveni. Kabale High Court judge Karoli Lwanga Ssemoge

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UIRI IN SHOCK SCANDAL! 60-Year-Old Staff Illegally Retained, Billions Misused, Car Vanishes & Start-Ups Stuck for Years as Investigation Exposes Rot at UIRI

UIRI IN SHOCK SCANDAL! 60-Year-Old Staff Illegally Retained, Billions Misused, Car Vanishes & Start-Ups Stuck for Years as Investigation Exposes Rot at UIRI

A bombshell Auditor General’s 2025 report has torn through the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), exposing a deeply troubling mix of financial mismanagement, weak oversight, stalled innovation programs and outright administrative lapses under the leadership of Executive Director Profe

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Inside Uganda’s Boda Boda Road Safety Crisis

Inside Uganda’s Boda Boda Road Safety Crisis

They are on the road before dawn and still riding long after dark, threading through Kampala’s gridlocked streets for fares that rarely exceed a few thousand shillings. For Uganda’s boda boda riders, the pressure to earn is relentless and increasingly, it is deadly.Motorcycles are at t

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Greed for Money Has Diverted NUP from Kabanje Campaign! DF Publicist Tips Foot Soldiers: FLEE KAVULE BEFORE IT TOO LATE TO SAFE THE STRUGGLE

Greed for Money Has Diverted NUP from Kabanje Campaign! DF Publicist Tips Foot Soldiers: FLEE KAVULE BEFORE IT TOO LATE TO SAFE THE STRUGGLE

Moses Kasibante, the DF party publicist, has come to the conclusion that, whereas majority Bobi Wine Kyagulanyi followers aka foot soldiers genuinely want to see Museveni out of power, their leaders at Kavule long gave up on that dream. He says NUP top leaders are currently preoccupied with pursu

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Makerere, Kyambogo Students Killed in Separate Road Crashes

Makerere, Kyambogo Students Killed in Separate Road Crashes

Two university students have died in separate road accidents around Kampala, highlighting the growing toll of traffic crashes on young people amid rising fatalities nationwide.Michael Kavuma Tevin, a graduate student at Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art and Techno

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Drivers Urge Government to Improve Roads Before Enforcing Traffic Fines

Drivers Urge Government to Improve Roads Before Enforcing Traffic Fines

Drivers and motorists have called on government traffic enforcement teams to consider the condition of roads before imposing fines under the Express Penalty System (EPS).Speaking at a three-day consultative meeting in Jinja City, aimed at validating newly proposed EPS provisions, drivers a

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How Iran destroyed US base’s $500m battlefield nerve centre

How Iran destroyed US base’s $500m battlefield nerve centre

In a picture verified by AFP, the mangled airframe of the US air force jet stands on the runway of Prince Sultan air base in Saudi ArabiaThe mangled airframe of the four-engined US air force jet stands on the runway of Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia.Amid the twisted metal,

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