Uganda news

The Police in Budaka District, eastern Uganda have launched investigations into a case of aggravated defilement. This is involving a 30-year-old man and a 1-year and 8-month-old female juvenile. Meta Robert, 30, a resident of Idudi ‘A’ in Nansanga sub-county, Budaka District was arrested on Tuesday, January 09, 2024. This was after the victim’s mother only identified as Ms Kaitake reported ...

Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have voiced growing apprehensions about Uganda’s mounting debt burden. They pressed the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development for strategies to effectively manage this fiscal challenge. State Minister for Finance, Henry Musasizi, revealed that the total debt stock as of June 2023 reached $23.7 billion (sh91 trillion). This is a notable increase ...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) acting Assistant Commissioner of Public and Corporate Affairs Edrine Mutebi, has said that URA is streamlining its warehousing regime. This is to better facilitate trade and ensure improved tax compliance. The tax body wants importers to abide by the government directive restricting the warehousing of particular goods in customs-bonded warehouses. “URA is here to facilitate ...

The Soroti Fruit Factory is set to resume processing mangoes in the next two weeks, the facility’s CEO, Julius Martin Ekomu has revealed Thursday. Since the new mango line was installed in the factory in December 2022, it only had processing trials of between 300,000 to 400,000 kilogrammes of local mangoes. This was the period the local mangoes were available around ...

Local singer Mungi Matovu popularly known as Mun G has announced his return to the music fold. The Namalayo singer spent the entire last year without releasing a song. Speaking about this, the singer said that he had decided to take a music break. He wanted to evaluate himself and see what kind of legacy he has. According to the ...