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VIDEO: Is the NSSF Amendment Bill 2019 targeting workers’ savings? Kampala, Uganda | VIDEOS NTV UGANDA | The NSSF Amendment Bill that is now in parliament is a big win for members, as they will be able to take home more at the end, and will enable NSSF management offer more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to eight harmful pesticide contaminants have been found in tomatoes sold in major markets in Kampala and other parts of Uganda. The study by the Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health – UNACOH was done in 18 districts of Uganda under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government has today signed a grant agreement with Japan for sh88.6 billion project to help improve traffic control in Kampala. Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija signed the grant aid agreement with the Japanese Ambasador Kazuaki Kameda . The grant  will be spent on constructing …

VIDEO: What happens to unclaimed impounded motorcycles? Kampala, Uganda | VIDEOS NTV UGANDA | Traffic operations against bodaboda cyclists are common in Kampala, and these especially happen at traffic light junctions. However, many of the arrested riders never pick up their motorcycles, which end up taking up to five years …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said Government plans to issue licenses to marijuana growing companies. Several companies have already started growing medicinal cannabis in Uganda, although Government has in the past denied the reports. In June, an Israeli Firm, Together Pharma Limited reported its first …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Human Rights Committee of parliament to investigate claims about the presence of safe houses in Lwamayuba and Kyengera where several Ugandans are reportedly tortured. She issued the directive after Latif Ssebaggala, the Kawempe North Member of Parliament …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Luweero District Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Chairperson Absolom Bwanika Bbaale has been laid to rest. Bwanika aged 75 years succumbed to liver cancer at Kampala hospital on Monday. He also served as National Resistance Council member, a delegate at Constitutional Assembly and former Member …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament on Thursday passed the Kampala Capital City Amendment Bill 2019.  The bill which was first introduced in 2015 has put in place the position of Speaker at KCCA and the Divisions to separate power. This means the legislative powers have been handed over to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has forecast a likely rise in prices of goods and services in the months towards the general elections. According to BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, core inflation, which measures the increases in prices of goods and services less electricity, food and water, will peak …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenneth Mugambe, the director budget at the Ministry of Finance, has said some of the targets contained in Uganda’s National Development Plans (NDPs) don’t reflect the reality and fail to consider the political environment they are operating in. Mugambe, who was speaking at the United Nations …