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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda is optimistic that the synergy between the tourism and coffee sub-sectors will be instrumental to getting Uganda’s economy to middle income status. Rugunda was speaking as Chief Guest at the first annual Coffee and Tourism Symposium and Exposition at Golden Tulip …

Lagos, Nigeria | JAMES MURUA | Prof Tanure Ojaide and Harriet Anena are the joint winners of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature 2018. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, December 9, 2018. The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, worth Sh37million ($10,000), is awarded …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | There is an urgent need to prioritise the revisions on the proposed minimum wage bill to protect the interests of employees and boost their morale at work according to Eunice Musiime, the executive director for Akina Mama wa Afrika, a feminist-Pan-African leadership development organization. Musiime …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Justice Irene Mulyagonja, is seeking the intervention of President Museveni to increase funding to the institution. Justice Mulyagonja attributed delays to investigate corruption cases to staff shortage and limited funding. Addressing journalists on Friday, she observed that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Irene Mulyagonja, the Inspector General of Government – IGG has observed that the on-going probe on Bank of Uganda – BoU is a result of poor governance practices. Mulyagonja says that failure to enforce good governance practices enabled corrupt officials at Central Bank …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Revenue Authority must install big scanners at all entry and exit points to boost revenue collection, according President Yoweri Museveni. President Museveni, who was speaking during the recently concluded symposium dubbed ‘first science model workshop’ organised by URA in partnership with the African Tax …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda loses between 30 and 39 percent of revenues that should be collected through Value Added Tax (VAT). This is contained in a research paper titled “The Value Added Tax Gap Analysis for Uganda” authored by Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) researchers Corti Paul Lakuma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Resident District Commissioner Kiruhura has ordered police to crack down on illegal money lenders. The order stems from increasing complaints in which many borrowers continue to lose property to illegal money lenders. The directive comes barely a day after a team from the …

Politicians have been accused of frustrating operations against illegal fishing on Lake Victoria. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commander of UPDF- Fisheries Protection Unit in the districts of Jinja, Kamuli, Mayuge, Buyende and Bugiri, Lt. Ronald Akandwanaho says that ever since Members of Parliament raised concerns of alleged torture …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has urged pharmaceutical industries in Uganda to work towards increasing the size of the local market that they serve. Kyambadde who visited Kampala Pharmaceutical Industrial Ltd on Thursday evening as part of ministerial tour to mark …