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26 Mar '26
Government has halted new road construction projects for the 2026/27 financial year and will instead prioritise completing ongoing works and clearing nearly Shs948 billion in outstanding arrears amid severe budget constraints.The government has announced a halt on all new road construction
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26 Mar '26
Economists and tax experts warn that government’s plan to raise Shs4.8 trillion through new taxes, including a fuel levy, could increase inflation, slow construction activity, and undermine economic recovery if the tax base is not widened.A growing chorus of economists and tax experts is
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26 Mar '26
The ruling NRM Parliamentary Caucus will convene at State House Entebbe this Friday to discuss key priorities for the 2026/2027 National Budget and review the National Sovereign Bill, ahead of the swearing-in of new MPs.The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus is schedul
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26 Mar '26
Kazo County MP Dan Kimosho says Uganda’s relative political calm signals a shift in opposition dynamics, predicting defections to the ruling NRM and warning that opposition parties must reorganize to regain relevance.Kazo County Member of Parliament Dan Kimosho has said that the relative
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26 Mar '26
S.4 REPEATERS CIRCULARThe Uganda National Examinations Board, (UNEB) has permitted schools to admit learners who studied under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), for UCE in 2024 and 2025, and wish to repeat.In a press statement issued on 17th March, 2026 UNEB gives guidelines to
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26 Mar '26
In a Wednesday live-streamed interview with Mulengera News crew, Senior PLU/NRM cadre Susan Kushaba discredited Kampala Minister Minsa Kabanda’s Kampala Central MP election victory.Kushaba, a diehard Museveni supporter of many years, added that as a candidate in the same election, she ha
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26 Mar '26
Ugandan ‘gay Tiktoker’ Ken Mukalakasa, who was filmed sodomizing a boy has surrendered to Minister Balaam Barugahara and apologized.Minister Balaam Barugahara said security officers had been looking for Ken Mukalakasa for a long time for his despicable and immoral act of forcing himsel
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25 Mar '26
Internal conflicts among NRM leaders in Masaka City are raising alarm within the party, with some members warning that opposition parties could exploit the divisions to reclaim influence in the region.Although the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has long struggled to establish a strongh
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25 Mar '26
The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) offices in Kabale District are under lock and key. Officially opened by NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, in August 2023, the offices are located along Rugabo Road, opposite Kabale Secondary School in Centr
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25 Mar '26
Police in Nateete have arrested a 34-year-old woman accused of torturing a 10-year-old boy in Kanaala Zone, Mutundwe Parish, Bunamwaya Division, Wakiso District.The suspect, identified as Nankunda Esther, had been left in charge of the child by her brother. The boy is a Primary Four pupil.