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Govt to impose 7 new taxes

The tax on Internet data is one of the seven new taxes the government wants to apply in the new financial year → Read More

How families will share wealth when spouse dies

The law looks at the children of the deceased who are still young and gives them priority → Read More

BoU probe: MPs demand for action against officials stalls

Despite orders from Parliament and the DPP, the BoU officials implicated in the case are still at large → Read More

Museveni summons Kadaga, Oulanyah over Speaker race

This comes as tensions flare between the Speaker and her deputy → Read More

Speaker Kadaga rules out Vice Presidency job

Iganga Municipality MP Peter Mugema, alias Panadol, told the Speaker not to betray Busoga by settling for the position of Vice President → Read More

MPs ask Uganda to emulate Magufuli’s anti-graft policy

The legislators also hailed Magufuli for working for the transformation of Tanzania, which attained lower middle income status → Read More

Kadaga takes on Oulanyah

Ms Kadaga accuses Mr Oulanyah of running away from chairing the age limit debate → Read More

Covid-19: MPs to be vaccinated starting Thursday

The exercise that is expected to end on Friday, was communicated by the speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga on the floor of parliament on Tuesday → Read More

MPs, BoU officials split over governor’s duties

The legislators argue that the governor has no one evaluating his performance → Read More

Choosing Speaker not a battle

The outgoing MP says the NRM CEC will have a big decision to make on who becomes the next speaker → Read More

Maize saga: Govt to meet owners of silos

Government says it may consider a supplementary budget to buy the maize from the traders if it decides to compensate the traders → Read More

AG queries Shs600b Unra spending on roads projects

Unra says none of the funds whose expenditure was queried by the Auditor General was stolen or abused → Read More

MPs vet Mutebile for another 5-year term

The 71-year-old, who was first appointed governor in January 2000, remains the longest-serving chief executive of the bank. → Read More

Govt fails to account for Shs56 billion Covid-19 cash

The AG’s report indicates that government officials distributed Covid-19 relief items last year but could not produce receipts or other supporting documents to prove that they were delivered to... → Read More

Uganda debt exceeding limit

“The government needs to devise a comprehensive strategy to align revenue mobilisation and fiscal policy management as well as reducing or rationalising expenditures” → Read More

Kadaga asks Museveni to appoint new IGG

Justice Mulyagonja left office on July 5 last year after completing two terms which is the maximum period for one to serve as IGG → Read More

Kadaga asks the President appoint new IGG

Justice Mulyagonja left office on July 5 last year after completing two terms which is the maximum period for one to serve as IGG → Read More

EC rejects change of law on by-elections, poll petitions

The EC says the petition only focuses on petitions by Members of Parliament and leaves out district leaders → Read More

New Bill proposes harsh penalties on illegal fishing

During campaigns, President Museveni revealed that the government had finalised a master plan to develop the fishing industry into one of Uganda’s highest income earners. He said the government... → Read More

Cabinet directs Health Ministry to review Covid SOPs

MPs also discussed the matter yesterday arguing that there is no need to keep curfew and closure of some businesses → Read More