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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has approved the creation of 15 new cities across the country. The approved cities will come into effect in a phased manner starting 1st July 2020 to July 2023.  The seven cities that will be operational effective this year are Arua, Gulu, Jinja, Mbarara, …

Effective 1st July 2020 ✔Arua City ✔Gulu City ✔Jinja City ✔Mbarara City ✔Fort Portal City ✔Mbale City ✔Masaka City July 1, 2021 ☑Hoima City July 1, 2022 ☑Entebbe and Lira Cities July 1, 2023 ☑ Moroto, Nakasongola, Soroti, Kabale and Wakiso Cities SOURCE: PWATCH UG Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of Members of Parliament has tasked the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to prepare legal instruments to effect the current measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease- COVID-19. Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa and West Budama South MP …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Budget Committee has recommended that the government reviews and revises the National Budget for the coming financial year 2020/2021 in the wake of COVID-19. This is one of the committee’s recommendations in its report to Parliament in which it approved the appropriation of Shillings 45.493 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A move by parliament to receive submissions from a section of legislators via video conferencing was on Tuesday afternoon interrupted by technical glitches prompting a halt of their submissions on the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Parliament has since last week reduced the number of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has granted an interim Order staying self-appropriation of UGX 10 billion by Ugandan Members of Parliament. Ntugamo MP Gerald Karuhanga and Erute North County MP Jonathan Odur went to court, challenging the decision by Parliament to allocate itself 10 billion …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to 17,000 People have signed an online petition challenging the allocation of 10 billion Shillings to members of parliament, to allegedly fight the spread of Coronavirus Disease-COVID-19. The petition, initiated by former minister Sarah Kiyingi, says that whereas she does not doubt the important …

Kampala, Uganda |  JULIUS BUSINGE |  A group of civil society organisations under their umbrella organization, Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) have written to President Yoweri Museveni on the ‘controversial’ giveaway of Shs10bn to Members of Parliament to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.  The general message in the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has rejected a proposal by the government to introduce a withholding tax on the purchase of land in the coming financial year 2020/2021.    Under the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the government had proposed a withholding tax on the purchase of land other than land which …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has rejected a government proposal seeking to reinstate the six per cent withholding tax on payments for agricultural supplies. The supplies were in 2019 exempted from the six per cent withholding tax after observing a practical challenge with a one per cent tax introduced …