The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) proposes that individuals in formal employment contribute an extra two per cent to close the gaps in the health sector as opposed to the proposed National Health Insurance scheme. The proposal is that collections be made where both the employee and employer contribute one per cent bringing the total…
Parliament led by the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga have honoured the late Hon Med Kaggwa who collapsed and died on his way to work on Wednesday, 20 November 2019. Kadaga said that Kaggwa served Uganda in distinguished capacities as was a Member of Parliament representing Kawempe South and at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). He…
Police in Kampala have finally arrested NBS TV Uncut presenter Zahara Toto’s Dinka boyfriend King Solomon Muleesi AKA Big Papa for issuing a bounced cheque of ten million shillings. Big Papa a self proclaimed Tycoon has been going around night clubs and other posh places around Kampala splashing dollars as if is a son of…
Central Police station Kampala, Flying Squad have raided Kisenyi along Ring Road in Central Kampala and recovered 20 suspected stolen motor cycles in the deadly operation. According to Deputy Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson Luke Oweyesire revealed that Six suspects were arrested to help with investigations.The suspects who are currently detained at CPS Kampala have been identified…
The police bomb squad has cordoned off Mulago roundabout better known as Ku Bbiri over fears of a gas cylinder explosion at a nearby washing bay. Police sealed off the washing bay near Mulago roundabout after reports of an abnormal gas cylinder expansion. The bomb squad and the fire brigade has been deployed to carefully…
President Yoweri Museveni has asked tax authorities in Uganda to stop levying tax on subsistence economies as the people doing petty businesses merely eke for a living. “Someone is selling mangoes, roasting meat or gonja and the authorities want to tax them! Let these people earn some money and put it in their pockets. I…
The European Union (EU) delegation, led by the Deputy head of EU mission in Uganda Ms Anna Merrifield has held a dialogue with the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Joint Chief of Staff (JCOS) Lt Gen Joseph Musanyufu on behalf of the Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi. During the meeting at the Ministry…
The chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, Meddie Kaggwa has passed on this morning. Sad news of Kaggwa’s death was pronounced by doctors at Case Hospital where he was rushed on Wednesday morning. He is said to have fainted in his official car this morning around 8:00Am along Mulago Road as he was heading…
The Ministries of Health and Education are considering further assessment of medical and dental graduates, as a requirement before internship. This is aimed at eliminating incompetent medical practitioners whose number, the Ministry of Health says is on the rise even after the mandatory one year of pre-clinical training. The revelation was made during a meeting…
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) offices have been broken into and vandalized for a second time in three years. In the latest attack on Monday night, at least four computers and printers were allegedly stolen from the offices of the party’s Secretary General and Electoral Commission in Najjanankumbi. Some of the desks that were broken…
