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 intro...
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UPDF Commends Masindi Army Secondary School for Strong UCE, UACE Performance
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has commended Masindi Army Secondary School for its outstanding performance in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (...
He Raised the Gun & Fired Two Shots: 78-Year-Old Busoga Man Recounts How M7 Took His Bicycle on Gunpoint & Never Returned It
In one of the quiet corners of Busoga, Iganga district, an elderly man is revisiting a story he says has followed him for more than 40 years (a story of a bicycle, a gun...
Police recover gun stolen during armed robbery at Wakiso Stabex fuel station
Police have recovered a rifle stolen during a robbery at a Wakiso fuel station after a resident discovered the weapon in her garden, with suspects still at large.Kampala...
Mobile money taxes reversing digital financial inclusion in Uganda
Uganda’s mobile money tax policy is threatening to reverse years of digital financial inclusion by driving low-income users back to cash. With 43 million accounts...
Young people make mistakes – Museveni warns amid pressure to appoint youths in government
Museveni warned that while he was open to appointing youths in his next government, young people must not to “confuse biology with ideologyâ€, and that being y...
Katanga case: Lawyers make their final pitches
Defence lawyer Elison Karuhanga (right) during the Katanga murder trial in Kampala on October 20, 2025. Photo | Juliet KigongoIn the Ugandan judicial system, for the pros...
Museveni Warns Security Againsy Election Violence; ‘Torture, Beatings are Unnecessary’
President Museveni on Wednesday warned security personnel against using excessive force during elections, saying beatings and torture were unnecessary and avoidable, rema...
Mukula Says Son Rodney May Have Been Poisoned; Praises Gen Muhoozi for Evacuation
Rodney was admitted at Mulago Hospital this TuesdayVeteran politician and former NRM Vice Chairperson for Eastern Uganda, Capt. Mike Mukula, has said his son Rodney Akong...
Mukula’s Son, Akongel, Hospitalized Over Suspected Poisoning.
Independent parliamentary candidate Rodney Mukula Akongel, who is contesting for the Soroti City East MP seat, has been hospitalized following a sudden illness on the cam...