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A Field Force Unit Officer attached to Mukono police division has died after being hit by a teargas canister from his gun. Corporal Augustine Tukwasibwe met his death at the Mukono FFU detach near Mukono magistrates court yesterday. Tukwasibwe had just returned from routine patrol for lunch when the incident happened. He received an emergency [...]
The government has been urged to reduce taxes on renewable energy technologies to make them affordable to ordinary people especially women in rural areas. Ritah Kyategeka the communications manager at wild wide fund for nature noted that rural women spend four hours in a day fetching rudimentary energy for cooking which wastes a lot of [...]
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Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies failed to account for 331.2 billion Shillings in the year 2020. This is revealed in the latest Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2019/2020. The report was on Thursday presented to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Also queried is the expenditure on undisclosed domestic arrears amounting to 641.3 million [...]
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The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has asked Members of Parliament among other leaders who were not re-elected to declare their wealth even as they exit their offices. The IG has launched the module for exit declaration which enables leaders who are ceasing to serve as public officers to declare their incomes, assets, and liabilities within [...]
More than 170 mothers died giving birth in health facilities in Kampala. This is according to the National Annual Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Report 2019/2020 released by the Ministry of Health. This is more than double the number of deaths that were reported in the 2018/2019 financial year. Data from the ministry [...]
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A new study released by Makerere university has faulted the Uganda Revenue Authority for low revenue collection due to limited investment in tax education among the public who would be the potential entrepreneurs. The study sought to understand which gaps exist in tax education and how these gaps can be packaged into improving compliance and [...]
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The speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called on Ugandan citizens to sue the Kenyan government for unfair trade practices that infringe on the treaty of the East African cooperation. Kadaga on Wednesday reminded Ugandans of their right to take a partner state to the East African court of Justice under the treaty of the [...]
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The future of 34 final-year students at Bumangi Community Polytechnic is at stake following the decision by the incumbent, Kalangala Woman MP, Aidah Nabayiga to cancel her sponsorship. Nabayiga cancelled her assistance after losing her parliamentary seat. The legislator has been supporting over 80 students. Majority of the students are stranded since the MP has [...]
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The Speaker of Parliament deferred debate on the Opposition sponsored Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2019 to next week following complaints from MPs about inactive iPads. The Bill moved by the Shadow Attorney General Wilfred Niwagaba seeks to scrap the representation of the army in Parliament, repeal the Office of Prime Minister and Vice President, reinstate presidential [...]
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The National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has petitioned the High Court seeking orders compelling security agencies to vacate the party offices in Kamwokya. In his application filed before the Civil Division of High Court, Kyagulanyi, who is also the former NUP Presidential candidate says he has since filed a presidential election petition [...]
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