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Gov’t, Civil Society Call For Joint Tax Revenue Collection In EAC
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Revenue Authority have agreed that there is a need to quickly centralize the collection of government revenues within the East African Community. Article 32 of the EAC Common Market Protocol provides for the harmonization of tax policies to remove distortions and facilitate the movement…
Just In : M7 Names Former SFC Boss Maj.Gen Nabasa As Somalia Contingent Commander
In the latest UPDF reshuffle, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is commander in chief of armed forces has made changes in army deployments. Maj. Gen. Innocent Oula who is also UPDF representatives in Parliament has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director, National Enterprise Corporation. Fresh from Defence and Strategic Studies course – NDU at the…
Here Is Why Delhi Public School International Remains Your Child’s Future Savior
For students to learn effectively, schools must put in place policies that make it easy for real transfer of knowledge. This means that school administration must think outside the box to ensure this is possible because today’s learner faces different challenges from those in the past. While some schools are struggling to cope up, others…
Bobiwine Accuses Police Of Denying Him Access To Hotels As Spends Night In A Car
Police and military on Thursday evening blocked National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobiwine from traveling to Kyankwanzi via Hoima because the road it is under construction.Kyagulanyi sleeping in the car Bobiwine revealed that they decided to spend the night in Migera on the roadside because police under DPC Patience Namara…
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Sanyu FM’s Chief Operations Officer ‘Betsy Mugamba’ Fired For Leading Strike Against Salary Reductions, Allegedly Diverting Stations Funds To Personal Use
After the firing of James Onen aka Fatboy, tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has fired yet another ‘Big Fish’ at Sanyu FM, identified as Betsy Mugamba, who was one of the top managers, for having been one of the ringleaders of the general staff strike that happened in June. The management of Sanyu FM decided to terminate…
Judith Wangoic: WENRECO Not To Fault For Intermittent Power Supply In West Nile
Officials of West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO), the company that was contracted by government to supply power in West Nile, have blamed the power outages and intermittent supply in the sub-region on Nyagak’s failure to generate the 3.5 Megawatts due to the seasonal dry spell and Electromaxx severe fuel shortages to generate the thermal…
Museveni Signs NSSF Bill Okaying 20% Mid Term Access
President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021, his Senior Press Secretary Lindah Nabusayi has said in a brief statement. A key provision in the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will grant members aged 45 and above and who have saved for at least a decade, midterm access to 20% of their savings.…
BOU-SUDHIR CASE: It Is Supreme Court To Determine Costs As Withdrawal Isn’t Dismissal
It is the Supreme Court that will determine the costs to be paid to city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia by Bank of Uganda (BOU) in the long-running legal battle between the tycoon and his Meera Investments Ltd and the central bank, resulting from the closure of Crane Bank Ltd. Both the High Court and the Court…
Embattled: Court Quashes Bitature’s Application Seeking Protection Against $10m Vantage Loan
The Commercial Court in Kampala has dismissed an appeal filed by Businessman Patrick Bitature seeking protection from being sued directly by South African firm Vantage Mezzanine Fund II partnership in a bid to recover a $10m loan it extended to the businessman eight years ago. Bitature alongside his companies; Simba properties Co. Ltd, Simba telecom…
Just In! Another Scandal Hits REA As Energy PS Gives Ill-Advice To Min. Kitutu On Fake Statutory Instrument
In an unprecedented move, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has run a riot code onto the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Local Government and Finance, sending them scuttling by sneaking to cabinet one of the most incoherent Statutory Instruments (SI) in the History of Government. This came as an utter shock to…