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What experts say about Shs45.4tn, debt, taxes Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE AND ISAAC KHISA | The 2020/21 national budget read on June 11 has been criticised by experts as weak on all fronts; from its stimulus and bailout programmes to the manner in which its figures were arrived at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the commissioners who recently left Uganda Revenue Authority were sacked because of corruption. Museveni, who was speaking after the 2020/21 budget reading said he had cleaned the corruption problem at URA. Referring to the commissioners as a crowd, Museveni …

  Budget 2021 summary ✳ Resource envelope Sh45.5 trillion ✳ Revenue Sh21.8 trillion ✳ Uganda GDP Sh138 trillion ✳ Uganda GDP rate +3.1% ✳ Electricity output 1254MW ✳ Paved roads 5600km ✳ National IT backbone, 49 districts ✳ Internet bandwidth $70/Mbps ✳ UDB sh1 trillion injection ✳ Domestic arrears pay 673bn …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business owners in shopping malls around Kampala are decrying low turn up of customers as they reopened last week. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last week allowed shopping malls to reopen as he partially lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown that had lasted over two months. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has announced that the nigh time curfew that was announced by President Yoweri Museveni will remain in force until June 21, 2020. On May 19, President Yoweri Museveni announced that the curfew which runs from 7 pm to 6:30 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has said government plans to step up its treatment bed numbers to 40,000 as the COVID-19 pandemic cases rise in the country. Museveni said although ministry of health officials were planning to create a special 9000-bed capacity for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he has played his part in containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying due to “carelessness”. Museveni said people have not died in Uganda because initially, …

Was Museveni right to skip politics, COVID-19, to tout economy? | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | When President Yoweri Museveni delivered the State of the Nation on June 4 he had a choice: to focus on politics as he has done in the past, dwell on the economy, or explain the …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security operatives in Masaka have intercepted two taxis sneaking in travelers from Kyotera district which borders Tanzania contrary to the presidential guidelines on Covid-19 prevention. The two taxis registration number UBG 037H and UBB 627V were destined for Kampala when they were intercepted. Herman …

Why we need to examine the contribution of boda bodas to public safety and livelihoods in this COVID fight THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, in his regular COVID19 briefings, President Yoweri Museveni claimed boda bodas are not an effective means of public transport! Who decides …