Uganda news

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has missed its target for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22 by Shs 499.49bn. Out of the projected Shs 4.959 trillion target set by the government, the tax body managed to collect only shs 4.459 trillion. However, there has been a registered revenue collection growth of shs 389.7 billion from the 2020/21 collections of ...

Lawyer Male Mabirizi has taken the high way to challenge the bail reforms proposed by the president. He has run to the civil division of the High Court in Kampala for an application for judicial review against the cabinet decision to derogate the right to bail and bond for suspects. According to him this was illegal and didn’t follow the ...

The Statehouse has warned the public against the fraudsters that pose as workers from there. They say these want to fleece unsuspecting Ugandans. “Our attention has been drawn to a letter written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada purportedly by the Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the President Janet Mbabazi. This is to warn the public against fraudsters ...

A few days ago, Rev. Fr Mugisha Richard had his car broken into at around 11:30 pm by a 30-year-old man identified as Kyeyune Ronald. The vehicle in discussion is a Toyota Harrier, under registration number, UAX 815Y. As he tried to drive off with the car, an irate group of youths and community vigilante members rounded the suspect up. ...

The Inspector-General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered a new operation against indisciplined boda boda riders. He ordered the traffic police to be vigilant of such. According to Fred Enanga, Police Spokesperson, this directive follows Aziz Bashir’s incident. He was a former UN employee who was killed by bike riders after an altercation in Mengo, a Kampala suburb. ...