Tag Archives: Uganda

  Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Thursday marked 25 years since its formation, celebrating revenue growth of 6273% and a remarkable turnaround that now has them referred to as an employer of choice. At a thanksgiving at their Nakawa headquarters, Commissioner General Doris Akol hailed the turnaround of URA’s image and performance, shown …

VIDEO: In a new twist, less than 24 hours after the controversial Kafeero Sekitoleko motion to raise age limits of judges was deferred, Parliament of Uganda has seen a third incident of pigs being dumped at parliament, this time reportedly in protest of the extravagance of MPs. The pigs, that had …

Getting to Isaac Geoffrey Nabwana’s home in the low-end Kampala neighborhood of Wakaliga is tough and it does not prepare you for what you will find there. Along the narrow paths, you find mostly shirtless men with their bare chests out, and others are in trousers bigger than their size, …

Uganda’s Parliament on Wednesday differed indefinitely a controversial motion to amend the constitution. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga ruled that Nakifuma MP Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko was not granted leave to move a private members bill, whose intention was to lift age limits of judges and the electoral commissioners. She said the motion be deferred …

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Maj. Gen Kahinda Otafiire has admitted several things can go wrong in times of heightened political activity, but said there was no intentional violations of civil rights by government. Otafiire on Tuesday faced the Uganda parliament’s Human Rights Committee chaired by Mitooma Woman MP Jovah Kamateeka and was …

  COMMENT: By Rajab Kakyama Second-hand clothes – Mwenda shouldn’t be in hurry to displace workers in this sector to become beggars on the fringes of great cities Refer to: “America’s harmful threats” (The Independent Aug.26). Unfortunately, I do agree with Mwenda on principle but disagree with his method of …

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has threatened to cut off water supply to several government institutions unless they clear their huge bills in the next one week. NWSC Managing Director Dr Silver Mugisha revealed Tuesday that Mulago Hospital, Ministry of Defence and Uganda Prisons are among their leading defaulters. It …

  Look anywhere in Uganda and you will most likely see most people busy on their phone. They could be chatting on Whatsup, getting a feel of the newest happenings on their Twitter account, catching updates on Facebook, or transacting on mobile money, writes  Nicole Namubiru. For anyone who witnessed …

CECAFA WOMEN football results:  Tuesday Uganda 9 Zanzibar 0 Kenya 4  Burundi 0 Wednesday Ethiopia v Rwanda – 4 p.m Earlier results Zanzibar 1 Burundi 10 Uganda 0 Kenya  4 Rwanda 2 Tanzania 3 GROUP A: Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Zanzibar GROUP B: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda   Hasifa Nassuna grabbed four goals as Uganda’s …

Impala Housing Estate in Namungoona, Kampala, which adds 133 housing units and 192 apartments to the country’s housing sector, has been launched. Set up by the National Housing and Construction Corporation (NHCC), this is the 4th phase in the Namungoona area and is an addition to the existing 200 units …