Clare Musiime Bakanga, the URA head of change digital tracking solutions, told reporters last month that URA was working with Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to ensure they minimize revenue leakages, combat illicit trade and money laundering and trace the whereabouts of the product.
Read more ...At least 95% of the cargo coming into Uganda travels by road. This is expensive in terms of the slowness, high insurance premiums because of the high costs involved and the bribes paid to traffic police on the way both inside Kenya and Uganda.
Read more ...Independent Members of Parliament have rejected a proposal that calls for individuals who want to contest as independents to resign from political parties 12 months before elections.
Read more ...In his petition, Lotem claims that the recruitment was not based on merit but on tribe, nepotism, political affiliation and solicitation [exchange] of money for jobs. He also indicated that the positions advertised were filled with people without the required qualifications.
Read more ...The councillors disrupted a session convened by the speaker for the approval of a 24.67 billion Shillings budget upon realizing that some priority items had been omitted from the budget framework paper.
Read more ...After becoming a successful candidate two weeks ago for the post of Assistant Enforcement Officer in Kotido Municipal Council, Lepera resigned from the position of being Speaker and Councillor.
Read more ...According to a letter signed by John Nuwagira, the commissioner of police in- charge of operations, the reunion meeting has been approved, however, participants were barred from processions and uttering out political sentiments.
Read more ...James Otuba, the councillor representing Walukuba East explained that the LC3 chairperson has been staying away from council meetings for a long time.
Read more ...Rupa and Katikekile sub-counties have been fighting over administrative boundary since 2002 when mining activities commenced in Moroto.
Read more ...The advice was given by Upendo Furaha Peneza, the chairperson of the Tanzania Youth Parliamentary Forum at the official launch of the Alliance for National Transformation, an opposition political party fronted by Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu. Furaha, 30, is a member of Chadema, the Party for Democracy and Progress in Tanzania.
Read more ...The Mbale Deputy Mayor, Harriet Kakai also faults the Commission for ignoring voter education. According to Kakai, despite being a mayor, she has never heard of any voter induction meeting organized by the Commission in Mbale district when the next general elections are drawing closer.
Read more ...In what appeared like a dig at the musician and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, Kivejinja told reporters in Kampala “you can’t just come from the ghetto to be the President”.
Read more ...According to IPOD Chairperson Nobert Mao, the parties agreed during the summit held last night that at least 15 per cent of the funding from the government, be allocated to the IPOD secretariat to intensify the quest for dialogue amongst political players in the country
Read more ...Like in the first summit, FDC has participated at council level but refused to attend the summit. Mao said at the opening of the IPOD summit on Monday Evening at Protea hotel in Entebbe that those snubbing.
Read more ...According to the Kabarole District Police Commander - DPC, Jamal Kanyesigye, they blocked the demonstration because they hadn’t been informed about it and deemed it illegal.
Read more ...Uganda Radio Network has learnt that Museveni, who had earlier this morning travelled back from West Nile, was scheduled to attend a cabinet meeting at State House Entebbe, before joining the summit. He had not turned up by 5 p.m.
Read more ...The IPOD summit brings together political parties’ leaders and the council, a forum of Secretary Generals of political parties, with representation in Parliament.
Read more ...Prof Tandon saw Museveni grow up in 1970s as Uganda rebels backed by Tanzania fought Amin government. He says Museveni was a frequent visitor at home as well as that of Prof Dani Nabudele.
Read more ...Professor Edward Rugumayo who served as the Minister of Education under Amin says the late former President was not foreign to Uganda. He says Amin's actions were a product of the colonial army then characterized by brutality.
Read more ...FDC top leaders in Kabarole who include Nyakato Rusoke, the party chairperson in the district, Peter Mwesigwa who was the District FDC Youth Chairperson; Robert Mutunzi who was the general secretary; and Claud Mahuruba, who was the secretary for defence quit the party and joined Muntu.
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