UWA, Communities Dig Firebreaks as Wildfire Burns Near Mgahinga Border
About 150 residents from villages bordering Mgahinga Gorilla National Park have joined Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials in creating firebreaks to prevent a wildf...
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Gov’t Eyes UGX29Trn in New Loans for SGR, Roads and Water as Biggest Lenders to Uganda Named
Government through the Ministry of Finance, has unveiled a schedule of projects in the pipeline, indicating plans to borrow UGX29.079 trillion from various lenders to fin...
Government Urged to Repossess Libyan Shares in National Housing to Lift Sanctions
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has asked government to consider repossessing the 49% shares held by the Libyan government in the National Housing an...
Mayor Balimwezo Rejects Kampala Capital Shift to Nakasongola
KAMPALA, Uganda — Mayor Ronald Balimwezo has rejected a government proposal to gradually relocate Uganda’s capital from Kampala to Nakasongola, saying the city’s co...
ADULT IN THE ROOM! When VP Alupo Averted War Between PM Nabbanja & Cabinet Secretary Lucy Nakyobe During Kyankwanzi Cabinet Retreat
During the recently concluded Cabinet retreat at Kyankwanzi, tempers at some point flared-chiefly deriving from a belligerent exchange that happened between the Prime Min...
Tribal or Selective Justice? Questions Mount Over Unequal Treatment in Parliament Investigations
There is growing public concern over what many Ugandans perceive as selective handling of corruption and abuse of office allegations involving leaders and officials conne...
Court backs URA in VAT dispute over the word “serviced apartments” with Kampala businessman
The Royal Palms Apartments in NakaseroThe phrase “serviced apartment” became the centre of a tax dispute between businessman Sharad Karia and the Uganda Revenue Autho...
URA Telecom Tax Collections Rise 79% to Shs1.59 Tn on Digital Monitoring
KAMPALA — Uganda’s tax collections from telecom services have risen 79% to Shs1.59 trillion over five years as the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) increasingly uses di...
Museveni Advisor Reiterates Plan to Inject Shs200m into Each Kampala Youth SACCO
Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Mobilisation Moses Byaruhanga has reiterated President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to inject Shs200 million into each youth SACCO in...
The Kabanda Gamble: Why Is Petroleum Authority Changing Course on the Eve of First Oil?
Rubondo, right, could turn out like the Biblical Moses who led Israelites through the wilderness before 'Joshua' Kabanda stepped in Uganda is preparing to enter the produ...