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On May 3, 2021, President Yoweri Museveni issued a directive to have all illegal miners evicted from Kisiita Mines. In addition, he guided that the illegal miners be given a 6-month grace period, for them to voluntarily vacate from the mining site. The State Minister for Mineral Development set November 3, 2021, as the final date for the victims to ...

The Uganda Alcohol Industry Association recently released a report indicating that illicit alcohol production is one of the country’s biggest tax leakages. The report showed that the production of illicit alcohol is one of those big tax leakages. Apparently, it costs the government huge sums of money in taxes. ‘’Tax leakage is driven by wide-scale under-declaration of production of spirits. ...

NUP’s Joyce Bagala has come out to say that she will again win against her opponent in the elections in Mityana. She said Mityana will speak again just as it spoke on 14th January 2021. Joyce Bagala’s win was canceled by the court after the judge said there was a lot of inconsistencies during that election. Former Mityana Woman MP, ...

Former presidential candidate, Bobi Wine has said that Museveni is always looking for repressive tactics to control opposition politicians. Bobi Wine said this quoting a headline in the observer that read that they have ordered the MPs to make sure the bail bill must pass. He said this is evidence that Museveni is hell-bent on making their lives very difficult. ...

Drama was witnessed in Kitale town after a thief who was suspected to have stolen a journalist’s expensive laptop was nabbed. The suspect who is said to have been stealing laptops and later selling them at cheaper price had been found at last. The journalist is said to have placed his laptop bag on a hotel’s table and decided to ...