M7 Blasts Donors Over Aid Cuts
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday hit out at donors accusing them of using 'high handedness' when they cut aid to Uganda...
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Ugandans Angered By Proposed Taxes On Fuel, Water
Residents and local leaders in Luweero have condemned the newly proposed value added tax on fuel and Water describing the...
EU Welcomes Reduction In External Budget Support
Donor communities have welcomed news that Uganda will fund 80 percent of its 2013/2014 budget. Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka on...
BUDGET: Loan Scheme caters for Science students
Students offering Arts courses at University and other tertiary institutions will not benefit from the new student loans scheme which...
South Africa To Return Gaddafi-linked assets
South Africa has reached an agreement with Libya to return more than 1 billion US dollars in assets stashed in...
Rupert Murdoch files for divorce
News Corp's Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi Deng, the company confirms. It is...
Former M23 Chief Negotiator Feared Kidnapped
Francois Tuyihimbaze Rucogoza, the former chief negotiator of the M23 rebels is feared kidnapped. Rucogoza was allegedly kidnapped over the...
Roads, Education Take Up Bulk Of 2013/2014 Budget
Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka on Thursday presented the 2013/2014 budget to Parliament at Serena Hotel in Kampala, with several key...
Sheema Boss Survives Censure
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Sheema District LC5 Chairman, Pastori Mugisha survived being censured in recent...
Defence Budget Expected To Hit 1 Trillion Mark
The Defence and security sector is expected to take another sizeable chunk of the 2013/2014 budgetary allocations when Finance Minister...
Inside Maria Kiwanuka’s 2013 Budget
Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka plans to propose new revenue sources in the 2013/2014 budget today, according to the Budget Frame...
Media Focus On Ailing Mandela is ‘Un-African’
The Ailing south African Freedom fighter and world ICON As Nelson Mandela remains in a Pretoria hospital, journalists from around...
Traders Want Lorries thrown out
Hundreds of lorries destined to Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo are causing congestion in the town and affecting...
Govt Urged to Increase Civil Servant’s Salaries
As Ugandans wait to know what the 2013/2014 financial year budget holds, legislators have today come out saying that they...
Opposition Plots Coalition Ahead of 2016 polls
Olara Otunnu, the UPC President denies reports that their meetings include plots on how to forge relations with the UPDF,...
Presidency Gets New Permanent Secretary
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Long Serving Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President Mrs....
Nelson Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’ – Zuma
South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela is "responding better" to treatment in hospital, President Jacob Zuma has said. Anti-apartheid...
Mixed Reactions On Omukama Solomon Gafabusa’s Contributions
Some credited him for his efforts in encouraging unity, promotion of education and luring both international and local friends to...
LC1 Bicycles: State Asks Court to Convict Kashaka
The state has asked the Anti Corruption Court to convict interdicted Local Government Permanent Secretary, John Muhanguzi Kashaka, saying it...
Crisis in Kalangala as ferry Suspends services
John Opiro, the Managing Director of Kalangala Infrastructure Services Limited –KISL, the firm which manages MV Pearl told Redpepper online...