Uganda has been re-elected member of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) council at the ongoing General Assembly in Durban, South Africa. The country’s revenue authority URA also won two awards, coming top in Africa in the 2016 Innovation Awards in Customer Service and the Innovation Awards for Modernization. The new ATAF Council elected for …
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The Constitutional Court has set October 13 to rule on an application for a temporary order on the government decision to purchase vehicles for Members of Parliament. In August Twaha Sanywa Twaha, a resident of Kajjansi, petitioned the court challenging the decision to buy cars for MPs of the 10th Parliament, …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Michael O’HAGAN | Standing on a drab side-street next to an open sewer in the Ugandan capital Kampala, Brian Mugabi points to the site of his former family home and reflects on how much the game of chess has changed their lives. Ten years ago Mugabi …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda suffered friendly defeats on Tuesday as they warmed up for 2018 World Cup qualifiers this weekend. The Congolese lost 1-0 to Kenya at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa and the Ugandans fell 1-0 against Togo at the …
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A political activist from Bunyoro Kitara Rodgers Kanti has asked the Constitutional Court to quash the appointment of Security Minister Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, saying a previous conviction made him ineligible for cabinet. Kanti’s petition states that that Tumukunde was in 2012 convicted by the Makindye General Court Martial for a crime involving moral turpitude and …
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Electricity distributor, Umeme is set to receive a $25 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund the expansion and upgrade of its distribution network. This is second time that the electricity utility firm is receiving a loan from the world’s financial institution after it received $70million in …
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Croque-monsieur? That is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, sometimes topped with fried egg; a staple food in France. So why should you care about it in Uganda? Well, one of Uganda’s celebrity chefs, Henry Wanyama, thinks if the French, Chinese, and Italian have such signature cuisines, local foodies can …
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Former presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye Tuesday reported back to the Kampala High court registry as required by terms of his bail granted to him in July over treason charges. He appeared in company of his lawyer Earnest Kalibbala before deputy registrar Mary Khainza who extended his bail for another two weeks till …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Ten countries accounting for 2.5 percent of world GDP are hosting more than half the world’s refugees, Amnesty International said Tuesday as it slammed what it called the selfishness of wealthy nations. In a report on the plight faced by the world’s 21 million …
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Former presidential candidate Kiiza Besigye has condemned the manner in which he was handled when he landed at Entebbe airport early Monday. Besigye accused security operatives of “kidnapping” him. Briefing journalists, Besigye said he was whisked away in a police vehicle to his home in Kasangati without his luggage and that his …
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