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...
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Low Judiciary Funding Blamed for Remand Home Congestion in Uganda
The Chief Justice has attributed rising congestion in remand homes to funding gaps and staff shortages in the Judiciary, warning that delayed justice delivery continues t...
How firm lost Shs 10bn Yaka metre deal from UEDCL for ‘inflating’ its prices
A dispute over a multi-billion shilling electricity metre tender has collapsed after the PPDA Appeals Tribunal dismissed a case filed by Uzuzi Meter Technologies Limited...
Security Guard Steals Shs790m in Cash, Gold
Police in Kampala are hunting for a private security guard who is accused of breaking into a vehicle and stealing shs290 million in cash and gold worth shs500 million.Kam...
Court Convicts Pallisa County MP, Ex-Namisindwa District Bosses over Theft of Over Shs500M
Hon Otukol Sam has been convicted by the Anti-Corruption CourtNATIONALThe Anti-corruption Court sitting in Kololo-Kampala has found the Pallisa County Member of Parliamen...
MTN Gets Relief in Shs169.9 Bn Tax Case
MTN Uganda has secured a major reprieve in its tax dispute with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), after the Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled that the company may not be requi...
Uganda to earn over Shs2.2t from first oil exploration in 2026/27
State Minister for Finance in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi, during the presentation for the 2026/27 Ministerial Policy Statement before Parliament’s Committ...
Thieves Break into Visually Impaired Makerere University Student Room, Steal Laptop & Upkeep Money
visually impaired student at Makerere University is facing a severe disruption to his academic programme after unknown thieves broke into his room and made off with his l...
Exclusive: Govt-NUP in Talks Over Bobi Wine’s ‘Dignified and Secure’ Return
Bobi Wine and wife Barbie Itungo in the US during Eid al Fitr celebrations last weekQuiet negotiations between the government and NUP are reportedly underway to facilitat...
Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions
For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses percei...