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...
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Withholding Tax Exemption Returns to Six Months: What It Means for Businesses
withholding tax exemption allows qualifying businesses to receive income without deductions at source, improve cash flow management, and reduce administrative burden rela...
Fuel Crisis Hits Tororo as Stations Run Dry
A growing fuel crisis has gripped Tororo, with many petrol stations running dry, long queues forming at the few operational pumps, and prices rising sharply from Shs5,000...
Parliament passes VAT Amendment Bill as committee pushes tax relief for SMEs and investors
Parliament has passed the Value Added Tax Amendment Bill, 2026, adopting a series of reforms aimed at easing compliance for small businesses, improving tax administration...
Six anti-EACOP protestors arrested in Kampala
Police on Monday arrested six environmental activists who stormed TotalEnergies' offices in Kampala, allegedly to submit a petition against the East African Crude Oil Pip...
Bank of Uganda launches three-year pilot to buy domestic gold for reserves
The Bank of Uganda has started buying gold mined in the country and will add it to the official foreign exchange reserves, shifting part of the national safety net from d...
Ngoma health centre in-charge arrested over stolen solar batteries
The two solar batteries photographed disconnected from Ngoma Health Centre IV's maternity ward power room on April 16, 2026, hours before they vanished into the Officer-i...
Fuel at shs8,000! Adjumani transporters cry out as fuel prices start biting
They say the situation is choking their livelihoods and pushing many into financial distress.Drivers operating at major stages say the sharp increase in fuel prices has m...
Namayingo gold rush turns deadly as unsafe pits kill four monthly
At least four people die monthly in gold mining accidents in Namayingo District, Eastern Uganda as an unregulated rush for the precious minerals draws unemployed youth in...
OFWONO OPONDO: M7 Will Have No One To Blame If He Doesn’t Deliver Big Things & Transform Uganda in the next five years
In his latest weekend column, older persons’ MP-elect Ofwono Opondo characteristically took no prisoners. And those who suffered his veiled wrath included Speakers...