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Kanungu tea farmers dismiss claims of Shs14b payout extortion, defend 30% deduction

Kanungu tea farmers dismiss claims of Shs14b payout extortion, defend 30% deduction

Over 280 tea nursery bed operators in Kanungu District have denied allegations that they were defrauded by their lawyers and association leadership. The farmers clarify that a 30 percent deduction from their recent Shs14.9 billion government payout was a voluntary contribution, not an illegal ext

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Businessman Shumuk Mukesh sent to Luzira Prison over land fraud

Businessman Shumuk Mukesh sent to Luzira Prison over land fraud

City businessman Shukla Babubhai Mukesh alias Shumuk Mukesh has been remanded to Luzira Prison over land fraud dispute involving a prime property along Jinja Road, Eagle Online reliably reports. This case adds to a growing list of legal battles that have trailed him in recent years.

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Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Parliament Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth (2nd right) leaves Parliament chambers after presiding over plenary session on May 28, 2026. PHOTO/ PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA X HANDLEThe budget of Parliament has within six years doubled to Shs1.2 trillion, despite the number of elected members of the Ho

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Over 10, 000 NRM leaders to receive transport facilitation for Museveni swearing-in

Over 10, 000 NRM leaders to receive transport facilitation for Museveni swearing-in

President Museveni waves to supporters as he and First Lady arrive at Kololo Independence Grounds for his nomination rally on September 23, 2025.More than 10,200 leaders of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have been invited to attend the May 12 swearing-in ceremony of Presiden

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Traders in Bugolobi Market blame fuel costs for rising food prices

Traders in Bugolobi Market blame fuel costs for rising food prices

Traders at Bugolobi Market in Kampala have raised concerns over the rising cost of fuel, saying it has significantly increased transport expenses and forced them to hike prices of essential goods.The vendors, including food sellers, banana dealers, butchers, fruit traders and boda boda cyc

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Winners, losers as MPs pass new taxes

Winners, losers as MPs pass new taxes

Effective July 1, all importers of secondhand clothes will have to pay an extra charge of 30 percent, up from the current 15 percent, should the President sign into law the External Trade Amendment Bill, 2026. Parliament yesterday passed the Bill that will see the prices of used clothes g

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URA’s 10 million dollar recovery raises many questions

URA’s 10 million dollar recovery raises many questions

A public disclosure by Uganda’s tax authority that it recovered in excess of $10m (Shs37b) smuggled through Entebbe International Airport has raised more questions than answers. The revelation has come under scrutiny after sources at the aviation security, which combines civilian and military i

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Call data places Okello at Ggaba crime scene

Call data places Okello at Ggaba crime scene

Fresh evidence in the ongoing High Court mobile trial in Ggaba, Kampala, has placed the prime suspect, Christopher Okello Onyum, at the scene of the brutal daycare killings through analysis of his phone call data records.Detective Inspector of Police Aggrey Mpamiizo told the High Court tha

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Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses perceived to offer better financial returns. The government is now moving decisively to change that calculation.In a landmark

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Kireka 14Bn Market Project Cleared As IGG Brings Stakeholders Together

Kireka 14Bn Market Project Cleared As IGG Brings Stakeholders Together

Deputy IGG Anna Muhairwe greets an old man after the Kireka market redevelopment-related meeting at Kira Municipal Council headquarters. Deputy IGG Ann Muhairwe arrives to tour the Kireka market. Having existed since the early 1970s, Kireka main market is one of Uganda’s oldest ye

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