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In a recent development, Parliament has passed the Income Tax Amendment Bill, 2024, granting Bujagali Energy Limited an additional year of tax waiver. This decision has been made despite the Auditor-General, John Muwanga, sounding the alarm about the significant loss of Shs1.417 trillion in tax exemptions that Uganda suffered in the fiscal year 2022/23. In his December 2023 audit report, ...

Social and political analyst Frank Gashumba has revealed that there isn’t any country that is as peaceful as Uganda at the moment. He said he doesn’t understand why someone would be clearly telling whites that Uganda is bleeding yet he is always moving in and out of the country. Gashumba said every Ugandan should at least be proud of being ...

A rescue operation is continuing in South Africa after a five-storey building under construction collapsed. This killed two people and left another 53 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 22 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital. A team of 75 crew were on the site when the building collapsed on ...

In a remarkable partnership that holds great promise for Uganda’s education sector, Benton Technologies Company, a renowned manufacturer of laptops, tablets, and educational software in Shenzhen, China, has committed a staggering investment of $30 million (equivalent to Shs113 billion) to establish a state-of-the-art assembly and production plant. This facility will have the capacity to manufacture one million laptops and tablets ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a stalwart figure in Russian politics for the past two decades, is set to embark on his fifth term in office.The inauguration, scheduled for Tuesday, will be a momentous occasion witnessed by the nation as it will be broadcast live on major Russian television channels. The event will commence around midday, with Putin arriving at Moscow’s ...