URA officials named in sh10b tax fraud

Trucks at a Revenue point. File Photo

Trucks at a Revenue point. File Photo Uganda Revenue Authority officials have been implicated in a sh10 billion tax fraud. The Auditor General, John Muwanga,  in a recent  audit report  said  the officials  entrusted  with collection  of  taxes , were instead conniving with unscrupulous business people evade payment of taxes. The audit cited More...

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Educated women more promiscuous than men
On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Uganda: ‘Educated women more promiscuous than men’

They have gone to school. They have high profile jobs and are probably driving the latest cars. But behind the shiny curtains, educated women engage in cheating more than their less educated or uneducated counterparts, More...

On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Kampala Mayor Lukwago gets payrise, now earns sh33m a month

The minister in charge of Kampala, Wilson Muluri Mukasa, has recommended a new salary structure in which Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago’s monthly salary will be doubled to sh33m. Lord Mayor, Mr Erias Lukwago The minister More...

On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Kony will be brought to justice – AFRICOM

The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) Gen. Carter F. Ham has stated that he is confident the Lord’s Resistance Army chief, Joseph Kony will be brought to justice. LRA chief Joseph Kony “I More...

The widow of the late Mugarura serves President Museveni a drink
On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Congo promises to flush out ADF remnants

The Democratic Republic of Congo has given assurances to Uganda that it will flush out the remnants of the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels from the eastern part of the country. The widow of the late Mugarura More...

On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Uganda’s EALA nominations kick off, Opposition boycott

TheUganda  Government has institute a National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) team to investigate circumstances under which a $122m (sh300b) beef processing plant has been frustrated by pastoralists. Leader More...

Justice James Ogoola says the Judiciary is hoping to recruit more magistrates to serve for the next 20 years. PHOTO BY joseph kiggundu
On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Uganda Government recruits 39 Grade One magistrates

Justice James Ogoola says the Judiciary is hoping to recruit more magistrates to serve for the next 20 years. PHOTO BY joseph kiggundu The government has recruited 39 new magistrates to clear case backlog in various More...

A woman stares at her house that was destroyed by a rainstorm in Nakaseke Sub-county in Nakaseke District on Saturday. Residents also lost crops. PHOTO BY DAN WANDERA.
On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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200 displaced as rainstorm hits Nakaseke

A woman stares at her house that was destroyed by a rainstorm in Nakaseke Sub-county in Nakaseke District on Saturday. Residents also lost crops. PHOTO BY DAN WANDERA. At least 200 residents in Nakaseke District More...

Police patrol cars amid Muslims heading to Gaddafi Mosque in Old Kampala last month. The Public Order Management Bill aims at outlawing such processions. Photo by faiswal kasirye
On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Uganda MPs to resume debate on public order legislation

Police patrol cars amid Muslims heading to Gaddafi Mosque in Old Kampala last month. The Public Order Management Bill aims at outlawing such processions. Photo by faiswal kasirye Parliament is expected to resume More...

On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Ex-LRA rebel held over car vandalism

Former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel Denis Opio is among the seven suspected car vandals who were arrested in Muyenga, a Kampala suburb. Opio, a resident of Muyenga, was arrested on Saturday in an operation More...