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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Kampala Speakership Mobilisation Push: Shs500 Million Proposal Set To Boost Oversight Of Government Projects Across All Divisions
KAMPALA — In a move aimed at strengthening coordination, accountability, and grassroots mobilisation within Uganda’s capital, discussions have emerged aroun...
Taxi Tales: The Price of Survival in a Boiled Maize Cob
recently got into a taxi, exhausted from the noise of the world. Like many people trying to steal a moment of peace in Kampala’s endless rush, I leaned back, plugg...
EXCLUSIVE: Anita Among blue-eyed boys and girls to face investigation in the mix of the storm
Former Speaker Anita Among’s blue-eyed boys and girls are finding themselves in the corridor of corruption and financial storm as several legislators, parliamentar...
New PAYE direction raises more questions than answers
There is a silent frustration growing among Ugandan employees. Not because people do not want to pay taxes.Most salaried workers already understand that taxation is part...
Over 10, 000 NRM leaders to receive transport facilitation for Museveni swearing-in
President Museveni waves to supporters as he and First Lady arrive at Kololo Independence Grounds for his nomination rally on September 23, 2025.More than 10,200 leaders...
Why Ugandans turned to mobile money loans and borrowed Shs2.75 trillion in 2025
Mobile money has become one of the biggest sources of borrowing in Uganda, with millions of people now relying on their phones for quick loans instead of traditional bank...
Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme
Children in Uganda’s eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day...
Govt to roll out e-recruitment to curb bribery in recruitment
The Government is set to introduce a new online system for recruiting civil servants, in a move aimed at ending corruption and bribery in the recruitment process that has...
Museveni says NSSF money should build roads, not sit in govt bonds
President Museveni on Friday criticised the investment strategy of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), urging it to channel savings into infrastructure projects, as...