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Fuel Taxes Go Up ,Alcohol Relaxed As MPs Pass Excise Duty Bill For 2020/21 Budget

Parliament has passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with amendments which will see an increase in the taxes levied on petrol and diesel effective 01 July 2020. The tax on petrol has been increased from Shs1,200 per litre to Shs 1,350

April 24, 2020

Health·News

Uganda Confirms More 11 Cases Of Coronavirus

Uganda Health Ministry has on Thursday April, 23, 2020 confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus, the highest record in a day since the testing of the pathogen that causes covid-19 began in East Africa. According to the ministry of health, they are all

April 23, 2020

Health·News

Generous Heart: Ruparelia Foundation, Gateway Delta and Metroplex Donate Food Kits To Needy In The Course Of Covid-19 Lockdown

Tycoon Sudhir’s Ruparelia Foundation in conjunction with Gateway Delta and Gateway Metroplex Ltd, has donated over 4,000 food kits to the needy as the coronavirus continues to bite. The give away was held on Thursday April 23, 2020 at the Office of

April 23, 2020

Business·News

Just In: Total Buys Entire Tullow Uganda Interests In Lake Albert Oil Project

Total and Tullow have entered into an Agreement, through which Total shall acquire Tullow’s entire interests in Uganda Lake Albert development project including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The overall consideration paid by Total to Tullow will be $575M, with an

April 23, 2020

News·Politics

Former MP Kagwera Grassing, Resorts Transporting Corpses To Graves

Steven Kagwera Kasaija, the former Member of Parliament for Burahya county, in Kabarole district, who was accused of voter bribery and regularly flaunting electoral laws in 2011 before he was thrown out of Parliament, is currently grassing and friends say he has

April 22, 2020

Business·Crime·News·Politics

Bou,Finance Ministry Defy Court Order, Secretly Release 20M COVID-19 Cash Bonanza To MPs

Bank Of Uganda and Finance Ministry have defied High Court orders blocking Parliamentary Commission from releasing the Shs 10bn to MPs until the hearing of the application challenging such. Reliable sources have confirmed to this website that a section of members of

April 22, 2020

Health·News

Relief As Health Ministry Clarifies On Dead Body Secretly Flown Into Uganda

The ministry of Health has cleared air on allegations circulating that there are two deceased bodies which were secretly flown into the country. In a statement issued by the Health Ministry on April 22, 2020, none of the deceased Ugandans that

April 21, 2020

Crime·News

Four Pakistani Nationals Charged, Remanded To Kitalya Prison Over Unlawful Possession Of Gov’t Stores

Four Pakistani nationals have pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of Government stores, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit said in a statement late Tuesday. The anti-corruption unit says they were found in possessions of stickers that are being issued by

April 21, 2020

Crime·News

Mixed Reactions As 8 People From Dubai Are Intercepted At Entebbe Airport With Dead Body In Cargo Plane

The Covid-19 National Task Force on Tuesday April 21,202 intercepted a group of 8 people that had brought a dead body into Uganda using a private cargo plane. According to the permanent secretary for ministry of health Dr. Diana Atwine, the dead

April 21, 2020

Crime·News

Covid-19 Crisis: High Court Blocks Parliament From Dispensing Shs10b To MPs

The Civil Division of the High Court has on Tuesday April 21, 2020 blocked the Parliamentary Commission from releasing the 10bn to MPs until the hearing of the application challenging such on 29th April 2020. This comes after MPs Gerald Karuhanga of

April 21, 2020

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