VIDEO: Funds acquired by government remain idle in the national treasury as the tax payer continues to pay sh60 billion per month as interest on the acquired loans. The practice according to information available to the Public Accounts Committee of parliament has lasted six years. The revelations come after the Secretary …
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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has told parliament’s committee on commissions, state agencies and statutory enterprises that the aircraft that was used by the NRM campaign task force, flown by Capt. Mike Mukula, was not up to standard and posed a threat to Ugandans. The Director Technical services and Compliance …
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The middle income outlook will depend on what Uganda will do to wake up the population to be productive and be consistent at it. The target for middle income is 2020 but right now 68% of our population comprises peasants. We are hoping each one of them will be having $1,050 as …
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The president of the Uganda Parliamentary Reporters Association Isaac Imaka has responded to a pending press investigation ordered by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, describing it as a plan to muzzle media freedom. Parliament Thursday afternoon debated media coverage of the house on issues of the recent trip to the UNAA convention in the US, …
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has ordered Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline to examine what she described as the continued publication of negative and damaging reports on the house. She instructed the committee chaired by Kalaki MP Clement Kenneth Ongalo-Obote to find out whether the media houses can be sued for contempt of parliament. …
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When Saad Lukwago started teaching art in high school nearly a decade ago, his students expected him to exude the highest standards of artistic practice in his own works, the same way he instructed them to do and this standard, according to them, was art rendered in photographic precision. However, …
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CECAFA WOMEN football results: Uganda 1 Burundi 0 Kenya 11 Zanzibar 0 Wednesday Ethiopia 3 Rwanda 2 Tuesday Uganda 9 Zanzibar 0 Kenya 4 Burundi 0 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 Fazila …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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