URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has exceeded her January 2023 revenue target by collecting UGX 2,093.2 billion over a target of UGX 2,078.52 billion, thus posting a surplus of UGX 14.68 billion. The surplus has reduced the half-year revenue deficit from July to December 2022 for the 2022/23 Financial
Read More
The Auditor General, John Muwanga has raised concern on the unclaimed national identification cards that lay idle at the various offices of National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) with many of them nearing their expiry dates in 2025. In his December 2020 report to Parliament, the Auditor General raised concern
Read More
The supplementary feeding programme has helped to bring down the cases of malnutrition According to a report by UNICEF, over 30,000 children in West Nile have been screened for malnutrition. In several districts, severe acute malnutrition, wasting and stunting in children are highly prevalent. The 2016 Uganda Demographic Health Survey
Read More
NMS has intensified efforts to fight drug theft For many years, the Ugandan government has been grappling with rising cases of theft of medicines in public health facilities. To address this challenge, National Medical Stores (NMS), a government agency which delivers medicines and supplies up to the health facilities’ doorsteps
Read More
Janet Museveni releasing UCE results Students are struggling to pass science subjects. According to the results 2022 UCE results released on Thursday, there was a general improvement in the performance of physics, chemistry, and mathematics but overall, students are still struggling to pass the four compulsory science subjects others being biology
Read More
The family lost millions in house fire/ Courtesy photo used for demonstration purposes A family in Lamwo district has lost 3.5 million shillings in bride price money in a house fire. Christine Adong, 56, a resident of Abera Village, Palabek Abera Sub County said the fire started at around 12:
Read More
Dan.N.Odongo, UNEB Executive Director The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has raised concern about the increasing use of slang during examinations. According to UNEB, students are increasingly using jargon and can hardly express themselves without applying slang. Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of UNEB, notes the use of slang
Read More
Nansasi (R) said the loan to the tiles company was illegal. On her right is URBRA CEO, Nsubuga Officials from the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) have informed the select committee probing the alleged mismanagement of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) that the Shs11 billion unsecured loan extended
Read More
I&M Bank Head of Marketing, Annette Nakiyaga (R), Max Awor, Branch Manager Kingdom Kampala (C) and a client David Balidawa (L) I&M Bank Uganda, formerly Orient bank, is set to officially launch its Kingdom Kampala branch, a one-of-a-kind service that enhances its digital offering and caters to changing customer needs. Tailored
Read More
Danilenko (2nd R) in meeting of the Forum on Water and Sanitation chaired by Hon. Aogon (R) Experts in the water and sanitation sector have called on Parliament to enact legislation that will address the lengthy process of obtaining government loans. The Experts are concerned that the process of
Read More
