At least 41 percent of the Project affected persons-PAPs under the East African Crude Oil pipeline-EACOP project have been fully compensated in Uganda. There are 3,648 project affected persons-PAPs under the EACOP project in Uganda. The 1,443km crude oil export pipeline will transport Uganda’s crude oil from Hoima in Uganda
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Landlords in Luwero town council are up arms against the proposed property rates. Recently the Ministry of Local Government and Luwero town council started assessing commercial buildings to determine new property rates. According to the valuation roll, the property rates have increased by 8 to10 times, which has sparked protests
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By Moses Mugerwa Uganda’s public transport has undergone some notable changes in the past decade or so. New technology, and use of smartphone apps has changed the way many Ugandans access boda boda and taxi services. E-hailing companies in Uganda such as Bolt, have now become major players in an
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By Amos Wekesa Our 2022/2023 Uganda National budget that will be read in June is ushs 47 Trillions but will maybe go upto 49 trillions by the time of budget reading it will be 49 Trillion shillings. Out of 47 Trillion shillings, Revenue authority is expected to collect ushs 25
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The Uganda Professional Science Teacher’s Union is struggling to sustain their industrial action, which has entered the second week amidst promises and threats. The union, which brings together science teachers in secondary schools and instructors in tertiary institutions, mobilized its members to lay down their tools at the start of
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Parliament has found itself in a catch-22 after a section of legislators complained about deductions from their salaries as contributions to the Jacob Oulanyah Education Trust Fund. The fund was set up two months ago in memory of the former speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. It was intended to educate
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Police maintain heavy deployment on the road leading to Dr. Besigye's home in Kasangati, Wakiso district. Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has lashed out at security forces over the manner in which they arrested former Presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, questioning why such force was used on the former bush war
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Nine out of the 26 registered commercial banks in Uganda registered a decline in profits in 2021, compared to the previous year. Over the same period, eight banks registered a loss, according to a compilation of the annual financial performance statements for the year ending December 2021. This comes at
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Officials from Bank of Uganda and the National Planning Authority (NPA) have told Members of Parliament that the state of the economy is struggling because of global related factors. The officials were interfacing with the Committee on National Economy to discuss the state of the economy on Thursday, 12 May
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Members of Parliament on the committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industries have commenced inquiries into the petition of Kampala Rice Traders' Association over the unfair Value Added Tax – VAT exempt rice importation. Last week, the traders, who import rice from Tanzania petitioned Speaker Anita Among Annet, seeking Parliament
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