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Wakiso DPC On Spot Over Kuwe’s Family Land Grabbers
Wakiso District Commander Afande Abraham Tukundane has been put under scrutiny after failing to effect a court order to set free Kuwe Foundation land from grabbers. In a letter dated September, 7, 2021, the LPPU instructed Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander to read carefully, verify from the genuine court and implement the court order if information…
Kampala Doctor Arrested Over Human Trafficking
Immigration officials and Police are holding a doctor suspected to be part of a human trafficking racket that has been operating in Kasubi, a Kampala city suburb. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Internal Affair, has identified the suspect as Agnes Nsereko Katongole, of St. Agnes…
Untouchables: Top UPDF Officer Bainomugisha & Gang Grab Erukana’s Estate Land, Family Left Homeless
The family of late Erukana Kuwe’s estate foundation has dragged a Uganda people’s defense force UPDF officer and police officers attached to Wakiso division to State House on allegations of conniving with serial grabbers to steal their land. The land in question is located in Wakiso on Block 306, plots 2612 and 6143 at Bbira…
Security Foils Opposition Councilors’ Demonstration In Makindye
Security has contained a planned Makindye Ssabagabo council meeting after the councilors attempted to demonstrate over what termed continued arrests,detention, torture of opposition members and supporters plus continued hike in fuel prices. About 25 opposition councilors had earlier in the morning converged at Makindye-Ssabagabo council head quarters from Kampala along Entebbe road off Namasuba to…
Six Year Old Is Electrocuted In Mayuge
Police in Mayuge district is investigating circumstances under which six year-old Precious Nayiti, was electrocuted at a retail shop on Monday. It is reported that Nayiti, a resident of Nango trading center in Malongo sub-county, Mayuge district, had been sent to purchase drinking water from a neighboring shop, but she accidentally held on the fridge,…
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Uproar As Power Outage Affects Water Supply In Gulu City
Power outages have affected the supply of water in Gulu city and its outskirts triggering an acute shortage of water. Gulu city has for almost one week been experiencing persistent power outages which is the backbone for water pumping and supply within Gulu city and the outskirts by the National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC).…
Uproar, Mixed Reactions As Only One Company Is Approved By Labour Ministry To Export Workers
The labour externalization sector is unsettled after the commissioner of labour at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) Lawrence Egulu on behalf of the permanent secretary issued a job order to Saliwa Recruitment Agency Uganda Limited allowing them to export labour despite the existing ban on labour export. The letter dated 26th…
URA Appoints Abel Kagumire New Commissioner Customs
Uganda Revenue Authority ‘URA’ has officially appointed Mr.Abel Kagumire as the new commissioner of Customs, replacing Mr Dicksons Kateshumbwa who resigned recently. With his rich experience, Mr.Kagumire, previously served as Assistant Commissioner Customs Audit and Manager Customs at URA.He has served in the tax body for more than over 17 years with unparalleled clean record.…
URA Boss Musinguzi Urges African Countries To Work Together To Overcome Effects Of Slavery,Colonialism
The Uganda Revenue Authority commissioner general John Rujoki Musinguzi has urged African countries to work together and emancipate themselves from the effects of slavery and colonialism, which has kept them in the shadows. According to Musinguzi African countries face similar challenges, whereby the average tax- to GDP is at 16%, whereas in developed countries it…
URA Busts Yaket Mineral Water Fraudsters Flouting Digital Tax Stamps In Covid-19 Lockdown
The URA Domestic Taxes Enforcement Unit, working on solid intelligence moved in on Yaket International Limited, the manufacturers of Yaket Mineral Water and found the company producing and packaging unstamped water at their premises in Gayaza. The enforcement team also established that the factory was running two production lines churning out unstamped bottled water while…
URA Management Changes Were Inevitable – Keith Muhakanizi
Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi has revealed that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) board on Thursday made several changes in the management of the entity. “The changes at URA are decisions of the board members and are normal changes and I associate myself with the decisions of the board,” Muhakanizi said on Capital FM’s The Capital…