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Agago, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda People Defence Forces [UPDF] have deployed more personnel in Agago District to beef up its porous border points with Karamoja region. The additional 215 UPDF soldiers under the fifth Infantry Division were deployed over the week to counter incursion of armed Karamojong cattle thugs …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Semu Nsibirwa, an ICT Engineer and proprietor of Mobile Computers LTD, a software and hardware store on Kampala Road has been disinfecting Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital and police stations in Entebbe and Kisubi for the past three weeks at his own cost.   He made the decision when …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organisation-WHO is concerned about the increasing number of confirmed covid-19 cases and deaths in Africa. According to WHO, in six days, some the number of confirmed cases in some African countries has risen by over 150 cases. Countries such as Cameroon, Cote …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID-19 Task Force Team in Lira district has picked up 33 people who came into contact with a truck driver who tested positive to the disease, two days ago. The truck driver who entered Uganda through Malaba on April 12, on his way to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has rejected a proposal by the government to introduce a withholding tax on the purchase of land in the coming financial year 2020/2021.    Under the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the government had proposed a withholding tax on the purchase of land other than land which …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has rejected a government proposal seeking to reinstate the six per cent withholding tax on payments for agricultural supplies. The supplies were in 2019 exempted from the six per cent withholding tax after observing a practical challenge with a one per cent tax introduced …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is an ongoing improvement in the Markets at Kalerwe pending reopening by Kampala Capital City Authority KCCA. There are over ten markets at Kalerwe including Kajubi, Bivamuntuuyo, Freedom, Farmers, Ssemuguwa and Muluya Market among others. They host over 1000 vendors. On April 03rd,  the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has for the third consecutive year rejected a government proposal to tax businesses making losses in the coming financial year 2020/2021. This was during a debate on Thursday in which MPs approved the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in a plenary session chaired by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of private universities have alerted their employees that they will not be able to pay their salaries after more than a month of inactivity, following the closure of education institutions. Universities were closed together with other congregational places, like schools and churches …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 incident commander Atek Kagirita has condemned the Acholi leaders for blocking the evacuation of a COVID-19 patient to Gulu. On Wednesday night Acholi leaders led by Aruu County MP blocked an ambulance that was evacuating a cargo truck driver who tested positive …