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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Betty Amongi has described as unpatriotic, the landlords who are protesting a provision of the law that outlawed the payment of rent in foreign currencies. The provision is embedded in a new law, passed by parliament, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority-URBRA says up to 13.8 million people in Uganda are at risks of old age poverty in Uganda. The authority based its computation on the 2014 census data. The census found that there are 935,000 older persons in Uganda. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink, by comparison, a report by economists from the International Labour Organization shows. The ILO assessment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has cautioned district health officers and Political Leaders against declaring Ebola outbreaks in their jurisdictions. The warning follows a scare that came with the death of a Congolese national in Ariwara, an area that shares a common border with …

 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Privatization Unit on Thursday failed to prove to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the non-payment of salary-related taxes to a tune of 6.4 billion Shillings. Led by Finance Ministry Under-Secretary Betty Kasimbazi, the officials and others appeared before the committee …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has written to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) over documents for the Equal Opportunities Commission. The committee made the decision after officials from Equal Opportunities Commission failed to produce payment records for about 3 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has written to the Minister in charge of Kampala Beti Namisango Kamya requesting that the 44 billion shillings of tax arrears be written off as a bad debt. In a letter dated 3rd July 2019, KCCA Standing Committee on Revenue …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged two officials of the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board with embezzlement of funds.  They are Edgar Gerald Agaba the Chief Executive Officer and John Patrick Kazoora the Manager in Charge of Finance Administration.  Prosecution alleges that Agaba and Kazoora and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged two officials of the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board with embezzlement of funds. They are Edgar Gerald Agaba the Chief Executive Officer and John Patrick Kazoora the Manager in Charge of Finance Administration. Prosecution alleges that Agaba and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit on Namboole National Stadium. The directive by PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi followed a submission of a document by the Finance Ministry indicating that Mandela National Stadium has …