Uganda forced to rethink financing as donor cuts disrupt UN programmes
KAMPALA — A sudden withdrawal of donor funds has pushed Uganda and its development partners to confront a difficult reality: the era of relying heavily on external aid...
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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...
VERY LAUGHABLE: "Museveni Will Sell His Cows and Milk to Get Money to Give Each MP Shs100m" – Minister
Closing the 2026 NRM leaders’ retreat in Kyankwanzi, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni pledged financial support to newly elected legislators. Museveni said MPs would re...
MTN laid cables in former deputy IGP’s land. He won Shs 526m but MTN wont give up fight
The long-running dispute between MTN and former Deputy Inspector General of Police Julius Odwe has taken another turn, after the court declined Odwe’s request to throw...
Gov’t Refuses to Reduce Tax on Mobile Money
Ugandans using mobile money platforms will continue to contend with the 0.5 percent tax to withdraw cash, a tax that has been blamed for the high cost and low uptake of d...
CSOs press MAAIF to gazette banned and restricted pesticides
Civil society organisations have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to issue a gazette notice detailing recalled and restricted pest...
Anti-Corruption Unit Cracks Down on Former Flying Squad Operative Behind Fake Murder Plot and Extortion
The Anti-Corruption Unit, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has made a sig...
Arsenal injury update: Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Riccardo Calafiori latest news and return dates
Mikel Arteta is hopeful of welcoming back some key names as Arsenal face a season defining week in two competitionsArsenal will look to get back on track when they play S...
Somali President Responds to Gen Muhoozi on UPDF Deployment: “Thank you, and Bye, Bye”
Gen Muhoozi meeting Somali President Hassan in the pastSomalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said Somalia could now take charge of its own security and should b...
Mbidde Rules Out Mao’s Speakership Bid, Cites NRM Tradition and Cooperation Deal Limits
Democratic Party vice president Fred Mukasa Mbidde has cast doubt on Norbert Mao’s bid for Speaker, arguing that existing NRM traditions and the 2022 cooperation agreem...