Domestic violence cases have increased in Uganda during COVID-19 lockdown, Lillian Adriko, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA), has said. “We have registered a sharp increase in domestic violence; we had 29 people calling in directly last week to report domestic violence cases,” Lillian
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Hundreds of African residents and businessmen in China's southern city of Guangzhou have been evicted from hotels and apartments as local health officials rollout a testing campaign for COVID-19, community leaders have told the BBC. Those evicted say they are being discriminated against. “They are accusing us of having the
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The Government isn’t ready to evacuate stranded Ugandans in United Arab Emirates (UAE). A number of Ugandans are stranded in UAE after the country (UAE) asked foreign workers to go back to their mother countries in an effort to fight COVID-19. In a letter dated April 7, 2020, Zaake W.
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Lawmakers on Parliament’s finance committee have rejected government proposed excise duty increment on fuel, saying the move will worsen the situation as the country battles the deadly s COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija (pictured) on Tuesday formally introduced the tax bills to the Finance Committee where it is proposing
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More Ugandans are embracing insurance after the introduction of Bancassurance Government through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has proposed to Parliament 10% tax on commission paid by insurance companies to their agents. The proposal is contained in the Income Tax Amendment Bill 2020 that was tabled by
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Uganda through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has proposed to Parliament to approve tax on export of unprocessed tobacco. The move is aimed at ensuring value addition of tobacco produced from Uganda. If approved, the tax will generate Shs35Bn in revenue. The proposal was tabled before the
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Outspoken retired army general, Kasirye Gwanga has been admitted to an army medical facility. According to the army spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire, Gwanga is now under the care of doctors in Mbuya. Earlier, social media was awash with reports that Gwanga had been arrested. However, Karemire rubbished the reports. "Maj
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Uganda's Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine says the French should focus on handling their problems instead making sensational suggestions on coronavirus. Last week, a French doctor Jean Paul Mira caused a stir after he suggested that a vaccine for the coronavirus be tested in Africa. "They have enough
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Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) has announced a new raft of measures aimed at combating the spread of Covid-19, which has so far infected 158 people and claimed the lives of six patients. Speaking from State House, Nairobi on Monday afternoon, the President announced the immediate cessation of movement in
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The management of Uganda Prisons Services has recommended to the Attorney General, William Byaruhanga to pardon and release about 2000 prisoners in a move aimed at decongesting the prisons and avoid the spread of Coronovirus within the detention facilities. The plan was revealed today by Commissioner General, Uganda Prisons Services,
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