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How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the high cost of digital transactions could slow the country’s push toward a digital economy.Mobile money has revolutionized

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Works Ministry on why it’s digging up ‘perfect-looking’ Northern Bypass

Works Ministry on why it’s digging up ‘perfect-looking’ Northern Bypass

The latest works are taking place along the Namungoona–Bwaise stretch, where traffic disruptions have intensified, especially during peak hours.The Ministry of Works and Transport has defended ongoing repair works on the Kampala Northern Bypass, saying that the exercise is part of a long

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6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist

6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist

The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transnational. The arrests may mark a breakthrough in the Equity Bank Rwanda probe, but they also expose a deeper reality: in a digita

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OIL PALM PROJECT IN TROUBLE! Billions Idle, Land Unused, Factory Stalled — Has Masaba Outstayed Her Welcome?

OIL PALM PROJECT IN TROUBLE! Billions Idle, Land Unused, Factory Stalled — Has Masaba Outstayed Her Welcome?

The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, underperformance and questionable management, after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report exposed deep cracks in one of go

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Heavy container trucks, fuel tankers must get off Ugandan roads - Museveni declares in Kenya

Heavy container trucks, fuel tankers must get off Ugandan roads - Museveni declares in Kenya

Museveni explained that Uganda’s roads currently carry passengers, light cargo, heavy goods and petroleum products at the same time, creating congestion and inefficiency.President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is moving toward a shift in its transport system, where heavy cargo and fuel

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DPP, Judiciary Trade Blame Over Stalled Court Martial Files One Year After Landmark Judgement

DPP, Judiciary Trade Blame Over Stalled Court Martial Files One Year After Landmark Judgement

More than a year after the Supreme Court barred trials of civilians in Uganda’s military courts, hundreds of cases remain unresolved as the Judiciary and DPP trade blame over stalled transfers.A year after the Supreme Court of Uganda ruled that civilians cannot be tried in military court

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Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Mukiibi, a journalist-turned politician who recently unseated Kivumbi after more than 15 years as Butambala Member of Parliament, has been responding to public criticism following a deadly security raid at the opposition politician’s home on election night.Butambala MP-elect Eriasa Mukii

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Ugandan lawyers reject Shs 5Billion from President Museveni, cut ties with State House

Ugandan lawyers reject Shs 5Billion from President Museveni, cut ties with State House

ULS president and senior counsel Isaac Ssemakadde announced that the Society will neither pursue nor accept the pledge which was originally promised for construction of the ULS House in Kololo, nor any comparable offers from the President or the ruling National Resistance MovementLawyers u

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President Museveni’s victory and the gradual fragmentation of Uganda’s multiparty system

President Museveni’s victory and the gradual fragmentation of Uganda’s multiparty system

The presidential race was widely viewed as a two-horse contest between Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), but the semblance of openness was tempered by the heavy policing of the political field.COMMENT | DR JUDE KAGORO | The 2026 general election in Uganda followed a familiar patt

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PRISONS DIGITAL SHAME! Billions-Boosted PIMS Stuck in 10-Year ‘Pilot’, Staff Gaps, Chaos & System Failure Exposed!

PRISONS DIGITAL SHAME! Billions-Boosted PIMS Stuck in 10-Year ‘Pilot’, Staff Gaps, Chaos & System Failure Exposed!

A damning Auditor General’s report has laid bare a shocking cocktail of neglect, poor planning, and institutional failure at the Uganda Prisons Service, where a high-stakes digital system meant to revolutionise prison management has instead stalled in a near-decade-long limbo.The Prisons

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