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 …
Read More »‘We want 2021 elections on time’
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 …
Read More »All Ugandan Ministers to be tested for COVID-19
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 …
Read More »KCCA releases artistic impression of new ‘Old Taxi Park’
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 …
MUSEVENI: Defer Pay-As-You-Earn for most affected sectors
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 …
MUSEVENI: Uganda’s reputation has grown
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 …
LIVE: State of the Nation Address 2020
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 …
COVID-19: Digital Tax Stamps back on the table
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 …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni’s 15th address on COVID-19
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. …
Read More »UGANDA: 40 new COVID cases
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 …