How Kapeeka Industrial Park has reshaped Namunkekera’s economic outlook
To appreciate Uganda’s industrial ambitions, one needs to drive northwest of Kampala to the historic Nakaseke District, home to the China-Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Pa...
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UNOC Launches Investment Drive for Kabalega Industrial Park
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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...
Kyambogo University Third-Year Student Found Dead in Hostel Room
Kyambogo University is mourning the passing of Mr. Kamugisha Brighton, a third-year, second-semester student in the Bachelor of Textiles and Apparel Design programme, att...
Labour Day: UDC Official Pitches ‘AKISONI’ Roadmap to Turn Mitumba Debate Into Industrial Growth
In a policy message ahead of the celebrations, Col. (Rtd) Dr. John Francis Ongia, UDC’s Senior Liaison Officer, unveiled what he termed the “AKISONI Framework”—a...
Sino Mbale Industrial Park Expands Opportunities for Ugandan Workers
As Ugandans mark Labour Day, industrial parks continue to play a key role in creating employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled workers across the country.S...
Labour Day: Inside Mbale park’s daily influx of young workers
At the break of dawn, before Mbale City fully wakes, the Mbale-Kampala road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is already alive.Thousands of young men and women...
Why MPs approved 30% tax on second-hand clothes: How you'll be affected
Members of Parliament have approved a 30 percent levy on imported second-hand clothes as part of wider tax reforms aimed at raising revenue and supporting local industrie...
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...
Tax on Used Clothes to Increase to 30%
Government’s plan to double taxes on used clothes signals renewed industrial ambition but risks squeezing low-income consumers and destabilising a fragile garments sect...