The government has dropped the Over the Top Services (OTT) tax and adapted a new tax on data. On Thursday, Parliament passed the excise duty (Amendment) Bill 2021 that repealed the article in the bill that required Ugandans to pay shs200 daily as OTT tax. The same bill passed a new 12% Excise duty on…
A rebel group which launched an offensive against the regime in Chad from Libya last week vowed Tuesday to march on the capital N’Djamena after the death of president Idriss Deby Itno. The military quickly named President Idriss Deby Itno’s son as the country’s interim leader, capping a series of stunning announcements that came just…
Kamuli born FDC strong woman Proscovia Salaam Musumba has failed to reach her rival for the Kamuli District Woman MP seat also Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga almost a month since she launched the search. Musumba filed an election challenging Kadaga’s victory in the January 14 general elections and is required to serve the petition…
Buganda Kingdom Premier Charles Peter Mayiga has bowed to public outrage and explained the frail health of the Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi. After days of criticism following the Kabaka appearance for his birthday party in Lubiri on April 13, Mayiga today called a press conference to clear the air. He explained that the monarch was…
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago now battling for his life in Nairobi Hospital Kenya has assured Ugandans that his on a steady path to recovery. Lukwago said in a Facebook post with his pictures while on a health walk inside the hospital that he hoped he will return to Kampala in a couple of days….
The Government has rejected China Exim Bank’s proposal to mortgage oil as loan security for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Works and Transport Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala told MPs on the physical infrastructure committee that the bank “was looking ahead” and requested the Government to peg oil revenue as security for the…
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned 1143 newly graduated young officers and Air Force Cadets at the Uganda Military Academy at Kabamba, in Mubende district. The young officers and cadets, including 74 women, completed a six-month intensive course. They were joined by one officer cadet trainee from the royal Military Academy and 52 pilots. During the…
The royal family has issued a statement in regard to Kabaka’s health following public demand. In a statement issued yesterday, the royal family said the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi ii, is unwell and undergoing treatment. “Ssabasajja (Kabaka) has been unwell for a while. However, he has responded well to the prescribed medication and…
In what appears to be the latest verbal war in the National Resistance Movement (NRM), two top leaders in the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) are at loggerheads over political expediencies. NRM Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba through her lawyers Anguria and Co. Advocates wrote to captain Edward Francis Babu a former MP and now…
