Last Thursday, during the Plenary, the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among suggested that rather than depending entirely on merchants, the government should look at other potential sources of tax revenue like putting taxes on cattle and other agricultural products. Speaker Among emphasised her point of view by saying, “I own over 2,000 cows and I pay no taxes or have anyone ask me how much money I make from them. The tax base should be diversified rather than burdening traders. Many people own large numbers of cows, and the government ought to think about taxing them.” Her comments followed la ..read more

Legislators have scrapped the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Board returning its mandate of overseeing operations of NGOs back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was while the lawmakers considered the NGO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 passed during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 23 April 2024. The Chairperson, Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, Hon. Wilson Kajwengye, said that the functions of the National Bureau of NGOs can be performed in the Ministry, like it was the case in 2016 before the Board was created. The amendment now mainstreams the Bureau as a department under th ..read more

The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Judith Nabakooba Nalule has appreciated President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for bringing opportunities like the skilling hubs closer to those that need them most. “This is a great opportunity for our children and the country at large. I have seen machines and products which I used to only see in Kampala. I thank H.E the President for establishing this in Greater Mubende. We used to hear about this skilling program only in Kampala but the President in his wisdom decided to bring the smiles closer by establishing zonal regional hubs to acc ..read more

Early signs have pointed to possible financial consequences for the government in the event of the proposed merger of the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), which is looming large on the administrative horizon. Although the merger has not yet happened, on Tuesday Members of Parliament revealed possible indications that it may be quite expensive to accomplish, which raises questions about its viability and effectiveness. For over four years the government has been considering rationalization of agencies, and the process needed the amendment of the ..read more

President Yoweri Museveni has explained the strategic value of high taxes in a recent speech, highlighting its critical function in protecting Uganda’s own manufacturing industry from the inflow of imported goods. In his statements concerning the recent strike of traders over heavy taxes, the President emphasised the protective characteristics of these levies and positioned them as an essential instrument in fostering domestic businesses, citing the need to promote economic self-sufficiency and support local industries. He noted that the goal of the government’s tariff policy is to level the p ..read more

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this evening received a delegation from the African Union (AU) that is in the country to evaluate Uganda’s bid to host the African Union Humanitarian Agency.  Uganda submitted its bid under the auspices of the African Union which was accepted and is now being evaluated by the team that paid a courtesy call on the President. Uganda is competing against Kenya, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria to host the AU Humanitarian Agency. The delegation was led by Prof. Julio Rakotonirina who is also the Head of Health Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development at th ..read more

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today met and held discussions with Prof. Kim Yong Myong, an investor from Japan at State House- Entebbe.  Prof. Kim is the owner of Ac- Planta, a company interested in introducing acetic acid fertilisers in Uganda.  The company that is based in Tokyo Japan produces acetic acid fertilisers through skeepon technology, a product that promotes high yields in plants and also helps them in resisting diseases as well as drought. President Museveni welcomed the investor to Uganda and pledged government’s support towards the project.  “The product is ..read more

He is smiling- off the air as he takes a seat at the DFC U Bank’s manager’s office. The soft- spoken Benjamin Bugingo is as fresh as cobwebs surrounded by business literacy books and assignments at his working table as he pause off the working computers. Bugingo has been at the whelms of the banking sector for the last twelve years and enjoys living up to his dream and playing the trumpet of business literacy and management; Bugingo. The early beginnings of Bugingo as DFCU Banking manager in Masaka City has been a work filled with hard work; commitment and being accountable in the banking sect ..read more

In the run up to the forthcoming 2026 general elections, the mobilization team at the Office of the NRM National Chairman (ONC), led by Hajji Shafiq Mwanje and his deputy, George William Kalema today yet again met and held discussions with the Jinja District NRM leaders, heads of security organs, party mobilizers as part of the nationwide reconciliation efforts championed Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye to restore parity with the ruling party. The team which started with the reconciliation process yesterday in Iganga, today transitioned to similar engagements in Jinja as part of the preparation ..read more

Fellow Ugandans and, especially the Bazukulu, greetings. On 19th April , up to 2200hrs (10pm) in the night, I met some of the traders that are striking over Government taxes. These meetings and the ones I had with KACITA in the past, are historic. Why? It is because, they involve the debate on whether Uganda should break out of the colonial and neo-colonial slavery of “producing what we do not consume and consuming what we do not produce”, as one of the African Union documents had put it in a summarized way. This is on account of Uganda and Africa, producing raw-materials which, then, are proc ..read more