Experts Call for Reduction of Mobile Money Withdrawal Tax
Economists, researchers and small business operators are urging government to reduce the 0.5 percent excise duty on mobile money withdrawals, warning that high transactio...
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Appointments Committee Constituted as Museveni’s New Cabinet Faces Vetting Starting Monday
Parliament has formally constituted the powerful Appointments Committee, paving the way for the vetting of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s newly appointed Cabinet mi...
Fear grips Njeru after kidnap of school proprietor
Jinja, Uganda | URN | Police in the Ssezibwa region have intensified the search for Moret Komugisha, the director of St. Abel Primary School, who was reportedly kidnapped...
UPC Appoints Dr Otuko Party Whip in 12th Parliament
The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has appointed Dr. Eunice Apio Otuko as the party’s new whip in Uganda’s 12th Parliament. Faisa Muzeyi, the Head of Media and Comm...
Top lawyers defend Dr. Muganga’s appointment as Minister
Prof. Lawrence Muganga, Transformative Educationist and Vice Chancellor, Victoria UniversityKAMPALA — A prominent Ugandan legal scholar has strongly defended the appoin...
Buganda, Ankole, Busoga dominate education landscape as UBOS Census shows regional concentration
The Baseline Education Census (BEC) 2025 has confirmed the continued dominance of Buganda, Busoga, and Ankole in Uganda’s education sector, controlling the largest s...
Karamoja Welcomes First Home-Grown Ministers, Urges Them to Avoid Corruption
KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders and residents in Karamoja have welcomed the appointment of John Baptist Lokii and Esther Anyakun to lead the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs, cal...
Shock as Mukono Councillor Dies Moments After Swearing-In Ceremony
The deceased, Henry Kitatta Naggwano, an NRM councillor representing Katente Ward, was on Friday pronounced dead just minutes after participating in the swearing-in cerem...
Parliament reshuffles top management as Okema promoted director of Clerks
Parliament has implemented a major management reshuffle within the Office of the Speaker, with three senior officials exchanging roles in a move aimed at strengthening ef...
Scholar to Ugandans: Prepare for Muhoozi Presidency as Transition Nears
new political debate has emerged in Uganda after scholar Yusuf Sserunkuma argued that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba may already be exercising significant state power ahead...