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By Damali Mukhaye Government will today start registering the 16 identified vulnerable groups eligible to receive shs 100,000 covid19 relief cash whose disbursement is expected to start in two weeks. Their registration will be carried out by Uganda National Bureau of Statistics and town clerks while local council one chairpersons […]

By Benson Tumusiime   With effect from tomorrow (Thursday), Ugandans will start accessing Internet services and all other social media sites without paying the Over The Top (OTT) tax or using encrypted connections such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The government has abolished the Shs200 per day OTT tax and […]

By Benjamin Jumbe  Workers Unions have renewed calls to President Museveni to assent to the NSSF amendment Bill.  The Bill passed by Parliament earlier this year and is before him for signing provides for, among other things; that savers, who clock 45 years and have saved for at least 10 […]

By Ivan Ssenabulya Parliament has instituted COVID-19 regional task-forces headed by doctors to support the Executive in the fight against Covid-19. Bugweri County Member of Parliament Abdul Katuntu is appointed head of the task force which will represent the house on the government’s national task force. These were announced by […]

By Damali Mukhaye The Cabinet has approved 16 groups of people to receive the Covid-19 relief cash in urban centres across the country. Addressing journalists in Kampala this afternoon, the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi said over 1 million people in 501,000 households in Kampala, and […]