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Medical interns have announced a sit down strike through their body, Federation for Uganda Medical Interns. They say government has not honored their promise of increasing their gross pay to Ugshs 3M. In a statement released, they intend to commence their strike on 17th May 2021. They addressed the letter to the chairperson Uganda Medical Internship Committee. In their letter, ...

The Parliament of Uganda has finally dropped payment of Over The Top Services tax commonly known as OTT tax. This comes as good news to many, however, on the downside, a new tax on data bundles has been introduced. This happened after the passing of the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill 2021. On Thursday, a bill to recall the need for ...

The president, who is also the ruling NRM chairman, has warned the 11th parliament that he will not ask for favors. This is opposed to how things have been going on with the current parliament. ‘’We have got a lot of delays by this parliament. Sometimes I am polite and I don’t want to get political problems. That’s why I ...

Parliament has finally passed the long-awaited National Health Insurance Bill. The bill is directed at providing universal healthcare to all Ugandans. The passing came after MPs rejected the motion to withdraw the bill by the state Minister of Health in charge of General Duties, Hon. Robinah Nabanja. She stated that her reason for her withdrawal was the government’s need to ...

Soroti District Woman MP-elect Anna Ebaju Adeke has dropped a bombshell by revealing that she was recently sexually harassed by a fellow legislator during a foreign trip. Ms Adeke cited an incident where she had gone on an official foreign trip and a male MP she had travelled with allegedly fondled her breasts, to her disbelief. “A male colleague, who ...