By Robert Wanok The COVID-19 pandemic has in a span of just months, changed the world in major ways that will continue to shape our lives (locally and globally) long after it has reached its end point. The psychological effects of being under quarantine and practicing social distancing will remain
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Rebecca Kadaga (pictured) has attacked Police for stopping and impounding cars of MPs because of failure to have authorizing them to move during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Speaker Police during today's plenary sitting, noting that stopping MPs from traveling, even when in some cases, they have
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The governor of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has sparked controversy after announcing that he will distribute alcohol as part of food packs for poor families who are missing work because of coronavirus pandemic. Governor Mike Sonko (pictured) made the announcement at a media briefing on Tuesday and has been trending on
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COVID-19 Relief: Parliament Moves To Amend NSSF Act To Allow Partial Payment To Members
Parliament could soon amend the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Act to allow members access a portion of their savings amidst the Coronovirus pandemic. This has been revealed Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, noting that Parliament will discuss the contentious issue so that NSSF members can access part of their savings. "There’s
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Members of Parliament on Finance, Planning and Economic Development Committee have rejected a number of new tax proposals on the property sector on grounds they will increase the administrative cost for companies in the business of commercial property. Finance Ministry recently tabled The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 whose
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Government of Uganda has been conducting geothermal surveys from the nation’s geothermal energy resources in which a benign oil spill incident recently occurred at Kibiro, Hoima District. According to a statement issued by Robert Kasande (pictured), the Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary on April 15, 2020, government through Ministry of Energy
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By Evelyn Atim The world has suddenly woken up to the fact that our greatest strength - our interconnectedness is currently working against us. As of 15thApril 2020, the number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus worldwide was approaching the 2m mark and death toll tops 120,000. Worldwide, the
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The desire by government to tax loss making companies has been rejected by Parliament’s Finance Committee for the second year running. For the last two financial years, Government has been proposing to tax loss making companies, and the same proposal made its way in the 2020/2021 tax proposals but was
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US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) because it has "failed in its basic duty" in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the UN agency of mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus after it
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L-R: Minister Mary Karooro Okurut, Ecobank Chirman Kin Kariisa, Annette Kihuguru, the Ecobank Executive Director and Clement Dodoo, the bank’s Managing Director Ecobank Uganda on Tuesday donated Shs80M to the Government of Uganda in support of the efforts towards alleviating the impact of COVID-19. Led by the bank’s Chairman Board
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