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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 …

  How People Power, JEEMA, FDC are uniting against Museveni THE INDEPENDENT | ISAAC KHISA | The steps President Yoweri Museveni and his government have taken to contain the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic will make a big difference in the upcoming 2021 general elections. But to whose advantage? Watching these …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed that all ministers who attend cabinet meetings will undergo COVID-19 testing before they can attend the weekly sessions. This development comes on a day where the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda decided to self isolate, after some of his …

KCCA PLAN Register Boda Bodas and Taxis operating in the City Creating a digital data base of those operating in the City Gazette Parks, stages, routes and stops for taxis and Boda Bodas Introduce route numbers and rout colors for all the taxis  Identification of drivers/riders …

    Finance Ministry measures  Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) Capitalization of UDB ( 1 trillion) Funds for Emyooga (Boda bodas,Saloon operators,Artists) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of …

Uganda agricultural earnings Coffee March-$45.87million April-$36.928m Tea March-$5.15m April-$6.145 Maize March-$10.23m April-$6.256m Fish March-$14.98m April-$6.831m Finance Ministry measures Post-Covid19 Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) Capitalization …

Uganda agricultural earnings Coffee March-$45.87million April-$36.928m Tea March-$5.15m April-$6.145 Maize March-$10.23m April-$6.256m Fish March-$14.98m April-$6.831m Finance Ministry measures Post-Covid19 Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) Capitalization …

Manufacturers want government to continue footing the bill for due to coronavirus pandemic Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s manufacturers now want government to continue footing the bill for the Digital Tax Stamps (DTS) due to the threat being posed by coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to businesses. DTS are markings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is likely to lose $1.6 billion in expected revenue from tourism as a result of COVID-19 and most of the annual $1.3bn expected in remittances from the diaspora. He also said that the “lock-down cannot and should not continue indefinitely. …

  UPDATE  May 31st – new COVID-19 cases 40  Total confirmed cases 453.  20 new cases are from South Sudan point of entry, 2 Mutukula, 1 Padea  17 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. 31 positive foreign truck drivers were handed over to their country of origin Total …