Senior Manager Dies days wedding mysteriously
What was meant to be one of the happiest years of his life has instead ended in unimaginable heartbreak.Friends and family are struggling to come to terms with the sudden...
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Chameleone Opens Up on Quitting Smoking and Hard Liquor After Health Scares
Ugandan music star Jose Chameleone has revealed that he has quit smoking and given up hard liquor following a series of health challenges, saying age, experience and fath...
How new taxes will hit you
Kakira Sugar and other factories petitioned the High courtFor many Ugandans, taxes rarely feel real when they are first announced in Parliament.They feel distant then. Te...
Arsenal Lift Trophy, Spurs Send Hammers Down
The Gunners were finally able to lift the trophy for the first time in over two decades, becoming the third different Premier League winner in as many years on 85 points...
Mbale’s Bukasakya Health Centre IV Celebrates 19 Safe C-Section Deliveries
Steven Masiga, Chairman of the Health Management Committee; the new in-charge Dr. Tom Namonyo; outgoing in-charge Janet Nabulo; and other members of the Health Management...
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 t...
Fuel Levy Approved: MPs Clear UGX200 Tax Despite Public Outcry, Opposition Warns Of Economic Pain
Parliament has approved Government’s proposal to impose a UGX200 excise levy on every litre of fuel, a move expected to generate about UGX450 billion in additional reve...
Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance backs proposed tax rise on spirits
The Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance (UAPA) has thrown its support behind the government’s proposed increase in excise duty on undenatured spirits below 80% alcoholic con...
MTN, Airtel Ask Gov’t to Reduce Mobile Money Withdrawal Charges
PARLIAMENT – MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda have urged the government to slash the excise duty on mobile money withdrawals from 0.5 percent to 0.25 percent and introduce...
Ugandans angry over URA woman who Rejected bribe of Shs.300m to Report $10m hidden in Container
The URA customs officer who rejected the bribe has been identified as Enid Priscilla KatusiimeA female customs officer at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), identified a...