Taxi Tales: The Price of Survival in a Boiled Maize Cob
recently got into a taxi, exhausted from the noise of the world. Like many people trying to steal a moment of peace in Kampala’s endless rush, I leaned back, plugged in...
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Kitgum Main Market Struggles to Attract Vendors Two Years After Commissioning
Kitgum Main Market is still operating below capacity, more than two years after its commissioning, raising concerns over declining local revenue collection.The 2.6 billio...
Entebbe traders decry 'selective' evictions under trade order
Traders in Entebbe Municipality say the ongoing enforcement of the Ministry of Local Government’s trade order has left them evicted without warning, relocation plans, o...
Uganda set to issue first sovereign sukuk to partly finance $3.16bn Kampala-Malaba railway
Uganda is preparing to issue its first sovereign sukuk as part of efforts to finance the construction of a standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Kampala to the Kenyan bord...
Mukono Residents Fault Nambooze for Holding Thanksgiving Away From Home.
Residents and supporters of Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke have raised concerns over her decision to hold her first post-swearing-in cel...
Tumwebaze Flags Off Uganda’s First Canned Pineapple Exports to China
The Former Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has flagged off Uganda’s inaugural export of canned pineapples to China, describing...
Former NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba joins Equity Group
Richard Byarugaba has joined Equity Group Insurance to lead its new asset management subsidiary as the company expands into wealth management services.Equity Group Insura...
New PAYE direction raises more questions than answers
There is a silent frustration growing among Ugandan employees. Not because people do not want to pay taxes.Most salaried workers already understand that taxation is part...
Uganda, DRC Move Toward Joint Oil Exploration in Albertine Border Region
ENTEBBE — Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have announced plans to jointly explore oil resources in the Albertine Graben along their common border, signa...
Bukomansimbi vendors demand permanent market after years of unfulfilled promises
Traders and leaders in Bukomansimbi Town Council are appealing for government intervention to secure land for a permanent market, saying years of operating on rented prem...