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An investigation into a cash payment of just under Shs2.9 billion to two ghost informers that helped the taxman recover nearly Shs32 billion from Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has unearthed a string of syndicated actions. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has an informer management and reward policy that extends benefits to whistleblowers whose information leads…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed Sunday to dismantle regional forces established by some states, warning that law enforcement measures would be taken against any “destructive” opposition. The initiative first announced on Thursday aims to integrate such forces, which were set up unilaterally by some states, into the federal army, regional police, or civilian life….
Over 400 youth arrested from Karamoja and transported to different government prisons in Acholi Sub region are said to be languishing in jail without proper feeding. About 442 suspected to be in illegal possession of firearms were rounded up during a UPDF cordon and search operation, screened and those presumed guilty were taken to detention…
Unions representing civil servants and other public sector workers are up in arms again, protesting a decision by government to unilaterally postpone promised salary enhancements to the 2024/2025 financial year. The pay rise deferment flies in the face of positions agreed between the unions and government under a 2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Now, dismayed…
The police in Buikwe District have arrested a 19 –year- old senior four student for allegedly sodomizing and defiling an eight- year -old pupil. The incident reportedly occurred on April 2, 2023, in Bunyangira Village in Kawolo Sub County in Buikwe District. Ssezibwa regional police spokesperson, Ms. Hellen Butoto, confirmed to this publication on Wednesday…
Women activists have asked the government to review the free education program and incorporate a provision of offering free sanitary pads to all female learners. According to the activists under their umbrella body Lets Turn The Page Uganda,(TLP-Uganda), the challenge of poor performance of girls in final examinations at both primary and secondary level is…
Match highlights of every Premier League game to be shown on the Sky Sports website and app just after full-time; watch West Ham vs Newcastle live on Sky Sports; Play Super 6 to win £250,000! After four correct results from four on Tuesday, including tipping the 0-0 between Chelsea and Liverpool at 11/1, Jones Knows…
A key financial sector regulator last evening said it is soon releasing new guidelines in the face of a rise in unlicensed online money lending dealerships through which unsuspecting Ugandans are facing extortionate and illegal interest fees. Weeks into investigations by Daily Monitor into this potentially multimillion black market rip-off, the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority…
The Ministry of Finance has proposed a 10 percent increase in gaming and lotteries tax. The proposals are contained in the Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which seeks to amend a number of provisions under the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016. The amendments, signed by Finance Minister Matia Kasaija seeks to increase the tax…
Masqueraders wearing carnival costumes with wings and crowns jumped up behind sound trucks—large mobile stages outfitted with speakers, DJ equipment, and steel pans—that crawled through Port of Spain on Tuesday morning. At Victoria Square, members of the Lost Tribe carnival band fastened on backpacks made of drapery, gigantic clusters of butterflies, and capes. Sweet soca…
