Uganda news

Parliament yesterday passed the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2023. This bill intends to make every Ugandan to part with taxes of Shs75 on every litre of bottled water once the new tax legislation comes into effect. This is in addition to the current provision of 10 percent levy. According to the State Minister of Finance in charge of Planning, Mr ...

The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Hon Olive Beti Kamya has revealed the amount of money Uganda loses to corruption annually. Appearing on NBS TV’s Frontline program, Kamya said that the country loses to about Shs 10 trillion every year. Furthermore, she questioned whether the country is fighting the vice with the right strategies. She went ahead to say that ...

Kawempe North Member of Parliament Hon Muhammad Ssegirinya has narrated how he was disheartened while in prison. He said seeing his mother cry tears in public broke him down because he has never seen her in that situation. The legislator was arrested in 2021 alongside his fellow MP Allan Ssewanyana. The two were arrested on allegations of murdering and plotting ...

Part-time lecturers at Kyambogo University have threatened to withdraw their services or withhold students’ examination results after going months without pay. The university administrators attribute the delays to financial constraints. One of the affected lecturers, who asked for anonymity in order to speak freely, told Daily Monitor that he had not received his monthly allowances for the last 10 months. ...

The Speaker of Parliament Hon Anita Among has spoken about television and radio stations that have failed to pay workers. She said she has got so many complaints saying some workers have spent a whole year without getting any payments. In Uganda, there are so many television and radio stations. However, a few are professional and pay workers in time. ...