National News

By Benjamin Jumbe. Those pushing for the ban on second hand clothes may have to wait a little longer. The government has said a complete ban on the importation of used clothes will not be implemented now. This comes as some stakeholders challenge government to emulate neighboring countries like Rwanda […]

By Ivan Ssenabulya. Civil Society Organizations are up in arms over the operations of the Electronic Crime Counter Measure Unit, which monitors internet users in the country. The report released today by the Unwanted Witness shows that 25 people arrested since its establishment in 2011, such as Dr. Stellah Nyanzi, […]

By Benjamin Jumbe. The Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi has castigated leaders who exempt themselves from tax. Speaking at the launch of the World Bank Uganda Economic Update in Kampala this morning, Muhakanizi said such leaders are responsible for Uganda’s failure to raise domestic revenue. He says those […]

By Ruth Anderah.  The former NSSF managing director David Chandi Jamwa has been granted bail by the Supreme Court judge Stellah Arach Amoko. Jamwa has been released on a cash bail of ten million shillings, deposit his passport and his wife’s tittle for land located in Munyonyo with court  as […]

By Ritah Kemigisa. The Uganda Investment Authority has noted an increase in the number of Ugandans investing in their own country. Giving a quarterly report on the licensed projects for the last 9 months, the authority’s investment director Lawrence Byensi said out of the targeted 225 projects for this financial year, […]