Police at the Entebbe have intercepted suspected narcotics at Entebbe Airport disguised as coffee for exportation. Vianney Luggya, the UCAA Spokesperson revealed that the trafficker had packed the drugs suspiciously in cargo looking like coffee samples. He said they were in branded packets of African Premium Coffee for export. Authorities detected the drugs on Monday night at around 10:10pm. “The ...
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The ministry of Gender has decided to increase the money given to the elderly. The elderly have been getting 25,000/= per month but the ministry of Gender is considering increasing it to 35,000Ugshs. This money is given to elders above the age of 80. The news came as Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Elder ...
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According to the latest sad news coming in, former Kazo MP Hon Gordon Bafaki has perished in a fatal road accident. The unfortunate incident that claimed Bafaki’s life happened along the Northern Bypass in Kampala at around 3am Wednesday morning. Bafaki was apparently heading to his home in Naalya. He was returning from his home district where he attended the ...
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Former Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to claim that Finance Minister Matia Kasaija doesn’t know what he was reading yesterday in regards to the budget. Kasaija in his key economic points didn’t talk about Uganda becoming a Middle-class income country. This is a narrative that has been hugely pushed by President Museveni and the government. It is ...
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At the close of December 2021, the public debt stock stood at Shs73.5 trillion. Shs45.72 trillion of that is the total amount of external debt while the domestic debt amounted to Shs27.8 trillion. Matia Kasaija, the Finance Minister said the rise in debt could mainly be associated to the need to support the economy and preserve the welfare of households ...
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