Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city divisions are protesting the decision by the city authorities to halt the remittance of 30 percent from local revenue collection to pay for court costs. This stems from a March 7th, 2022 circular issued by the Fort Portal City Town Clerk, …
Read More »COVID-19 cuts into Uganda’s ‘Kyeyo’ Money
Cost of sending money to Uganda remains high at 8.7%, double the (SDG) target Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged the world over the last 18 months has cut by 26% the amount of money Ugandan migrant workers sent back home over the same …
Read More »Headteachers protest request to return second term funds to gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers in government-aided learning institutions are up in arms over the decision by the Ministry of Finance asking them to return funds they had received for the second term in the fourth quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year. On July 22, Keith Muhakanizi, the …
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