The economy starts the second half of the financial year with almost half of the export revenue sources shut as gold processors and export continue to withhold their goods. The exports were suspended in July this year after the government started implementing a new tax measure on the commodity. The
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Piles of learning materials belonging to a Lukome Primary School in Gulu have been eaten up by termites. The materials which include textbooks and the home-based learning materials meant to be distributed to learners from primary one to primary four respectively were uncovered during an ongoing cleanup exercise which started
Read MoreVictoria Nampeera Kibirango When coronavirus struck, Victoria Nampeera Kibirango was one of the many professionals that were directly affected by the resultant lockdown restrictions which were announced by the government in March 2020, as proven interventions to avert the spread of the disease. Nampeera, a mother of five was largely
Read MoreThe machete killings that took place in Masaka and the shooting of former Chief of Defence Forces Gen Edward Katumba Wamala as well as the recent bombings in Kampala have been listed as the major crime incidents of this ending year 2021. In his end of year message, the Inspector-General
Read MoreThe police in Kyotera district have cautioned Ugandan revelers against crossing to Tanzania through borders, to allegedly attend New Year Crossover concerts that have been organised in areas near the Ugandan border. The concerts include one organised by Abbey Musinguzi, the proprietor of Abitex Promotions and others by different promoters. The New
Read MoreThe World Health Organisation has expressed optimism that 2022 may be the year the world ends the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new global threat emerged two years ago, killing 1.8 million people in 2020 and 3.5 million in 2021. Since then, the disease has spread across the globe and produced multiple variants, the latest of which is
Read MoreA photo montage of some of the top CEOs of 2021 Every year, Business Focus unveils the best Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Managing Directors of companies basing on milestones published in the media or shared in public spaces. Uganda’s top business/finance journalists make selections of these CEOs basing on the
Read MoreKenya only wants fully vaccinated passengers from Uganda Kenya has asked airlines to carry into the country only COVID-19 fully vaccinated travelers/passengers from Uganda in a move to contain the spread of COVID-19. As a result, airlines are issuing travel advisory to passengers, urging them to travel with their COVID-19
Read MoreGulu District Health officials have returned a total of 108,220 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to the Ministry of Health. The vaccines were part of 166,586 doses of the Moderna that the district received early last month to boost the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched in the region. Yoweri Idiba,
Read MoreMr. George Okello, URA’s Assistant Commissioner Litigation Patrick Nyabiryo and 1117 of his former colleagues worked for the defunct Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) before they were retrenched between 1998 and 2001. Their terminal packages of UGX 987,266, 321 were subjected to Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax, a sum of
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