Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Business community in Kasese District has asked Uganda Revenue Authority-URA to create adequate awareness to enhance tax compliance. They say that there has been a huge gap in communication and information dissemination and if not addressed it will be difficult for the tax body …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thugs arrested for raiding homes and in some cases killing occupants have told the Police Flying Squad that they never expected Assistant Superintendent of Police Faridah Nampiima to be too broke. The suspects who include David Mugula, Jamil Ssendawula, Ronald Mbazira, Ibra Nkalubo, and Fahad …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health has revealed that the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill will be re-tabled. The Bill was on 31st March 2021 passed by Parliament but President Yoweri Museveni declined to assent to it due to disagreements among some stakeholders. It was then reported …
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Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government has arrested two staff of Kaliro District Local Government for alleged embezzlement of 5.8 Billion Shillings. They are Godfrey Mutome, the Chief Finance Officer, and Rebecca Kwagala, the Principal Human Resource Officer. Also arrested is Ministry of Finance Senior Accountant, John …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs has attributed the attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Kasese District by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels to late, and inaccurate information relayed to the army. Vincent Ssempijja told Members of Parliament on Thursday that when the …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been killed in a road crash in Kabale District. The crash which occurred on Thursday at 11:30 pm at Butare village along Katuna-Kabale-Mbarara Highway involved a Simba Bus and a Mercedes Benz. According to eyewitnesses, the bus registration number KCG 888F was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Central Executive Committee (CEC) has finally tabled quarterly reports for the financial year 2022/2023 before the Council, just two weeks before the end of the fiscal year. The reports were presented by Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, following months of demands from …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance, in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi has said that sh22 billion has been released to the Ministry of Health to pay and deploy the interns. Health Minister Ruth Aceng however said the sh22 billion is not enough. She …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the Attorney General and Ambassador James Idule Amoko to file their defense in the case in which the biological children of the late Supreme Court Justice Stella Arach are contesting her burial in Adjumani District. The order …
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