Police had to fire bullets and tear gas among the voters during LC elections yesterday in order to claim down the situation. Electoral commission released a statement postponing of elections in some villages to be carried today. Voting in some villages was disrupted as people’s names went missing on the voters register yet they claim […]
By Atugonza Jeff As earlier stated on social media, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu also known as Bobi Wine managed to accomplish his word as it came to pass today morning. Bobi and a group of other people stormed the city and began their protests against the recent Social Media tax and the Mobile Money tax […]
By Becky Kisozi Naluyima LC 1 Elections in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district yesterday afternoon turned into chaos and voting at many polling centers was cancelled until further notice. In several villages, voters turned rowdy, accusing some of the candidates of ferrying voters from outside villages. The Mayor of Nansana Municipality, Regina Bakite confirmed these allegations […]
By Nicholas Muteesasira Following the end of the term of the administration of the general court martial, the president re-appointed Lt General Andrew Gutti as the chairman of the general court martial. He was sworn in yesterday on 9th/July/2018 alongside five new members appointed to the army court, and this marked the commencement of another […]
The public service ministry announced 10th July as national public holiday to enable Ugandans to participate in the LC elections. The elections are to be conducted by lining up as the candidates will take positions and voters queue behind them. However,this method has been rejected by the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) According to […]
Makerere University Guild and a section of mobile-money vendors have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to intervene and cause the review of the recently passed Excise Duty (Amendment) Act. The law imposes a one per cent excise duty on Mobile money transactions and shs200 on over the top services on social media. The students […]
Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Omar el Bashir of Sudan and Salva Kiir of South Sudan held talks at State House, Entebbe regarding the peace process in South Sudan. The leader of Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition, Mr. Riek Machar, also attended the talks. In comments after the talks ended this evening, the Minister […]
By Prossie Namata President Museveni has said with the help GDP ratio, the government has been able to identify individuals that do not pay taxes. He added that the GDP ratio was only 4% in 1991 where it rose to 12% after informing URA and has stagnated there for a long time however it rose to […]
This follows an outcry and anger from the citizens who, rather than make mobile money transactions as was before the taxes, prefer to use public means such as motorcycles, taxis to transfer money as they found it cheaper to travel than incur the extra costs that come with the tax. For social media, users have […]
The Public Accounts Committee (Local Governments) has directed Accounting Officers in West Nile Region to immediately take measures to recover funds spent but not supported by necessary documents. The Committee chaired by Hon. Reagan Okumu (Ind., Aswa) also directed the Arua district Accounting Officer to immediately recover four motor cycles allocated to various staff but […]