Uganda news

The Energy and Mineral Development minister, Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, recently issued a directive to halt the collection of taxes on gold exports. This came as a result of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) failing to collect taxes to a tune of Shs 600b from the exports. Ms Nankabirwa, on Tuesday issued a statement to parliament. She indicated arrears dating as ...

The Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2023, in its 7th edition, kicked off yesterday at Speke Resort Munyonyo Commonwealth Hotel In Kampala. The Minister of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, Tom Butiime officially opened the week-long expo. He said that the country can potentially attract more visitors with a number of initiatives put in place to drum up visibility. He ...

Hugs and cheers were the highlight of Wednesday night following the return of rescued Ugandans who were stranded in Sudan. They were stuck after clashes broke out between rival military factions in the country.A group of 211 Ugandans, working and living in Sudan arrived at Entebbe Airport last night at around 2:30am. They were accompanied by External Security Organization Director ...

Rev Canon William Ongeng, the Provincial Secretary for the Church of Uganda has commended the government’s good job in community transformation. He revealed that this has been done through collaborating with the church in different activities like agriculture and animal husbandry.He made these remarks yesterday, April 25th in Gomba district as he met beneficiaries of COU’s agricultural program. The program ...

A number of Arts teachers in 50 districts have gone months without receiving payments. The development comes amidst claims that their money had been diverted to paying science teachers. Some teachers said that local leaders have diverted their salaries to clear the enhanced salaries of the science teachers.Mr. Filbert Baguma, the Secretary-General the Uganda National Teachers Union (Unatu) confirmed this. ...