By Balaba Edward Tax awareness and tax education campaigns serve Uganda well when they result into an improved tax compliance culture in the country. Any improvement in compliance with tax obligations by tax payers would assist Uganda to generate the much-needed tax revenues to finance the ever-increasing government expenditure. The
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Uganda's Deputy Inspector General of Police Gen Muzeeyi Sabiti has two days to find a plan that can wipe out crime in the country. This ultimatum was given to Sabiti by President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday saying its easy to defeat criminal gangs. "I have given 2 days to Commander
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President Yoweri Museveni has strongly urged political leaders in Africa to work for peace and prosperity of their people and stop wasting time on retrogressive sectarian issues like identity of tribe or religion The President who started his remarks using Arabic words Tatawir (Prosperity), Hawiya (identity) and Masilaha (Unity) said it
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Over 1000 I.T students from Universities all over Uganda have registered to take part in the global Huawei ICT competition registration that happened in October. Through presentations by Huawei made to students in Makerere, Kyambogo, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Nkozi, Mbarara, Kabale, Lira, Gulu, Muni, UCU and MUBS
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By Ben Sebuguzi Last Saturday saw thousands of people throng Speke Resort Munyonyo for the successful Kampala Goat Races. The fun filled event that was registered in 2004, taught us some lessons about humanity. As you are aware, the goat race proceeds will all go towards charity courtesy of the
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Retired Supreme Court Justice, Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko, has passed on at Norvik Hospital in Kampala, where he was admitted. The news of his death was announced on Monday evening by the Judiciary. In 2001 and 2006, Justice Tsekooko was among the minority judges that allowed Besigye’s petition (annulled Museveni’s victory)
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Two hotels under the Ruparelia Group of Companies owned by property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia have won the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2019. Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel was awarded the best luxury hotel and conference centre in East Africa, while Speke Resort and Conference Centre was voted 2019’s best Luxury Lakeside
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The National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) has introduced three coffee varieties that are disease and drought resistant. The three varieties are NARO- Kituuza Robusta-NKR8, NKR9 and NKR10 generated in 2017. They were subjected to three years of testing before their launch to be given out to farmers. They were launched
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Uganda has grasped the opportunity to influence key decisions of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) as well as present a case for better representation of the East African Community and Africa at large, with membership on the IPU Executive Committee. This follows the nomination and secondment of Nakapiripirit Woman MP
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One word you are most likely to find in media reports about Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the British tycoon whose company sponsored Eliud Kipchoge’s Ineos 1:59 Challenge, is “reclusive”. This is because Ratcliffe is such a publicity-shy man that even the notoriously aggressive journalists from his home country find it hard
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