The couple was attacked by thugs around 08:00pm on Friday evening on their way home. According to Mutusi, they were happily returning from their shop in Rukungiri Daily market when two men armed with an AK 47 riffle intercepted them in their compound.
Read more ...Johnson Muhinda, the Chairperson Ntungamo District Head Teacher’s Association, says the challenge is serious among some teachers who embark on ambitious projects, which leave them heavily indebted. The teachers are said to have alongside loans from commercial banks gone ahead to get more money from microfinance institutions and money lenders.
Read more ...The Tribunal is chaired by Charles Owor by and Deputized by Anacelet Turyakira. It had for long been operating with three members until the death Engineer Moses Musaazi last year.
Read more ...The Marine Vessel had been taken to Kisumu, Kenya in April for an overhaul, part of the routine maintenance program aimed at checking vessel's viability to transport people and cargo to and from the Island District.
Read more ...The farmers have also dragged their cooperative administrators and Atiak Sugar Factory, a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holdings Company to the district labor office seeking justice.
Read more ...LPG was exempt from taxation in 2006. But the tax was re-introduced in 2015 with the hope that the country would start producing its own gas when oil starts flowing. They now attract an 18 per cent VAT.
Read more ...The Insurance Brokers Association Chairman Solomon Rubondo says some of its members are losing their businesses to the Banks who he says seem to be acting as insurance brokers too.
Read more ...The junctions to be constructed include Spear Motors, Nakawa, Jinja Roda/Katalima Road, Archer Road, Kololo, Rwenzori Court, Grand Imperial, Mulogo roundabout, and Kubiri.
Read more ...Hundreds of Karimojong women and men who live in Kampala want the government to provide alternative sources of income for them before can go back home. They want assistance in the forms of money and business ventures.
Read more ...The land that belongs to Jinja municipal council is said to have been illegally awarded to Thummar Joy Maganlal Patel without following the rightful procedures. According to Sakwa, Thummar used the influence of leaders to forge district land board minutes which he used to apply for a freehold title on the land.
Read more ...The sidewalks have been turned into makeshift shops by traders which not only obstructs pedestrians but also damage the road.
Read more ...The Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said Government is currently considering licencing companies to grown Cannabis commonly known as Marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Read more ...The five-year grant named Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture (ProCSA) will be spent towards building resilience of small holder farmers to adverse effects of Climate Change, enhancing capacity of local governments to integrate issues of Climate Change in their planning process and measurement of the contributions of agriculture in reducing emissions to greenhouse gasses responsible for global warming.
Read more ...According to BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, core inflation, which measures the increases in prices of goods and services less electricity, food and water, will peak 6.4% between October and December 2020.
Read more ...Mugambe said in the previous plan, technocrats had anticipated that resources would be shifted from certain sectors, including administration and security to human capital, infrastructure, and health but this has not happened.
Read more ...According to the vendors, about two weeks back, Fort Portal Municipal Council imposed fresh taxes on various foodstuffs and fruits like watermelons, tomatoes, onions and others without consulting them.
Read more ...According to Lugulukiye, it all started when he went to withdraw money from the DFCU ATM in Mukono town around 3pm where he found the suspects pretending that ATM had broken down.
Read more ...According to Omoding, the Shillings 717 million meant for wages was returned because the recruitment process was only concluded in May this year for 50 staff including teaching and non-teaching staff. He says the staff was only paid for May and June and the balance of ten months was returned to the treasury.
Read more ...Samuel Mwegamiire one of the affected laborers, says the Authority owes him Shillings 825,000. According to Mwegamiire, he had demanded for his payment in vain as UNRA officials keep bouncing him.
Read more ...The Entebbe Municipal Mayor, Vincent Kayanja, says the misallocation of local revenue funds has affected their operations. Local revenue is expected to finance priorities that are not funded by the central government and donors.
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