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Kampala, June 18, 2025 – A fire broke out at the Kitezi Landfill on the evening of Monday, June 17, prompting an emergency response from the Police Fire Prevention and Rescue Services. According to authorities, the fire was reported at around 8:00 PM by concerned members of the public. The fire brigade swiftly responded and […]

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today called on local leaders to conduct a detailed parish-by-parish assessment of households that have transitioned into the money economy under the Parish Development Model (PDM). The President emphasized the need to shift from rhetoric to results, urging leaders to walk closely with the people they serve. He was speaking

Kampala, Uganda | The Bank of Uganda has issued a stern warning to supervised financial institutions following the discovery that some bank agents are conducting foreign exchange transactions under the guise of agency banking—a practice explicitly prohibited under existing financial regulations. In a circular dated June 17, 2025, addressed to all supervised financial institutions, the central

Kampala: Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac Ssemakadde has rejected his appointment to the Law Reform Committee, accusing Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo of fostering judicial tyranny and undermining public accountability. In a strongly worded letter dated June 17, Ssemakadde wrote: “I refuse the appointment… Your actions at the opening of the New Law Year on

KAMPALA | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General John R. Musinguzi Rujoki has declared that the “days of container leaders are over,” as the tax body intensifies reforms to curb under-declaration, smuggling, and corruption in the clearance of groupage cargo.  Speaking during a high-stakes URA–Traders engagement at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Tuesday, Rujoki said

KAMPALA— In a candid and deeply revealing statement, Ronald Amanyire, Principal Road Safety Officer at the Ministry of Works and Transport, has spoken out on the mounting public uproar surrounding Uganda’s Electronic Penalty System (EPS), accusing private interests of hijacking what was originally meant to be a genuine road safety initiative. Amanyire, who has served

Brussels/Kampala: The European Commission has removed Uganda from its updated list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions that present strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) frameworks. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Brussels as part of the Commission’s periodic update to its list of jurisdictions under heightened scrutiny. The list

Kampala — The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has officially begun stakeholder consultations for the creation of Uganda’s first-ever Tax Ombudsman office, a major step aimed at improving fairness, accountability, and service delivery within the country’s tax administration. In a letter dated May 21, 2025, addressed to various stakeholders, Patrick Ocailap, who signed

KAMPALA — The Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Eng. Nyombi Tembo, has sounded a strong call for heightened responsibility and vigilance in the protection of personal data, warning that Uganda’s rapid digital transformation must not come at the expense of privacy and human dignity. Speaking Thursday morning during the opening of the

In a bid to grow women-owned businesses, the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) Project set an ambitious target to transform nearly 40,000 women’s enterprises. The GROW Project, which was launched in March 2023 by President Yoweri Museveni, is a government initiative funded by the International Development Association of the World Bank.