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The Court of Appeal has announced NUP’s Joyce Bagala as the duly-elected Woman Member of Parliament for Mityana district. The Court overturned the high court judgment that had nullified Bagala’s victory. Minister Judith Nabakooba had put up a challenge on this. Bagala beat Lands Minister Nabakooba in the January 14 polls last year for the Mityana Woman MP position. Last ...

Veteran journalist, Baker Batte, has said the only problem he has with people who stage strikes is their inconsistency. He says they should always endeavor to lay their tools down until they get what they want. Otherwise, the strike doesn’t make any sense. “My problem with these people striking is going back to work without achieving what they want. Why ...

Former senior NBS TV journalist, Joseph Sabiti, has said the People Power – NUP transition skipped a lot of scrutinies and this is why issues are coming up now. Sabiti says now is the time to ask the hard questions that everyone may have been afraid to ask from the very beginning. “The People Power – NUP transition skipped a ...

Yesterday the East African Court of Justice condemned Rwanda for the time it closed its border to Uganda for three whole years. Apparently, this action contravenes the East African Treaty rules of free movement across the member states of the EAC. Rwanda closed its borders with Uganda at Gatuna and Cyanika in 2019 which consequently paralyzed business and halted movement. ...

Uganda Revenue Authority has registered a sh210.02 billion surplus on Pay as You Earn (PAYE) for the period July 2020 to April 2021. This happened as a result of the public sector recruiting and promoting employees. Apparently, the authority also registered an increase in PAYE collections by sh61.91 billion. This increase was attributed to the payment of bonuses and higher ...