The Minister of State for Finance – General Duties, Henry Musasizi on Thursday tabled before Parliament the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 seeking to among others, exempt textile inputs from Value Added Tax (VAT).
The suspects allegedly used deception, abuse of power, and fraud to recruit children below 18 years for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labor, and use in armed conflict.
This was revealed by Barnabas Musinguzi, Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Makerere University Endowment Fund while unveiling this year’s Makerere University Marathon, which has also changed name from a run to a marathon.
According to Margaret Muhanga Mugisa, the State Minister of Health in charge of Primary Health Care, they resolved to involve religious leaders in this campaign to help them amplify the vaccination message in the wake of high rates of misinformation being spread by anti-vaxxers especially on social media platforms.
The biggest portion of the funding in the Bill is allocated to; the State House, with 374 billion Shillings in recurrent allocations, 189 billion for the Ministry of Defense, 137 billion for security, 16 billion for foreign missions, and 152 billion for National Council of Sports.
The six suspects - Kagugube Mohammad, Walusimbi Kamada, Kisambira Silman, Abdul Aziz Ramathan Dunku, Habib Ramathan Marjan, and Wampa Muzaifa alias Kanaabe - face charges of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, supporting terrorist organizations, terrorism financing, and belonging to a terrorist organization.
The report indicates that Centenary Bank disbursed 77.8 million while Post Bank disbursed 43 million shillings to the women beneficiaries by December 31, 2024. Centenary Bank and Post Bank are the only financial institutions serving the Karamoja sub-region with GROW Project funds.
In some countries, the World Health Organisation reports that up to 90% of the people there with severe mental health conditions dont receive any care and yet those that receive some bit of help rely on outdated institutional models that fail to meet international human rights standards.
John Ozima, the TB and leprosy Supervisor for Arua City, identified the health facilities that registered the new TB cases. He says that the cases were identified during the Community Awareness, Screening, and Testing (CAST) campaign.
The proposal is embedded in the Tax Procedures Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was presented before Parliament by Henry Musasizi, the State Minister for Finance.
The groups enrolled on Mobis for Savings Groups, a savings groups platform by Ensibuuko, have now digitized their transaction data on savings, loans, and withdrawals of members.
The latest has been the house arrest of Dr Machar last night. According to media reports, Machar’s house in the capital, Juba, was surrounded by soldiers from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces who disarmed all Machar’s soldiers.
The suspect is identified as Annet Mujuni Kengozi, a mobile money and MTN SIM card registration agent operating in Kiryanjagi Trading Center in Kagadi district. She is a second wife to Mr Deo Lubega, the girl’s father who is also an MTN SIM card registration agent operating in Kiryanjagi trading center.
Dr Ochula attributed the drop in spread of cholera in the past one week to the tight presence of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers who are surveying and monitoring the rivers to ensure locals don’t access them.
SP Eddy Ssekanjako, the Exodus SACCO Account Duty Free and Treasurer said they remain steadfast in their vision to transform the SACCO into a financially strong and member centric institution.
The statement issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Government (DIGG), Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, reveals that upon verification of accountability following investigations conducted by the IG Hoima Regional Office, it was found out that Kagara misappropriated the funds.
The amount contradicts an earlier figure of US Dollars 190.9 million, approximately 700.2 billion Shillings that the government had requested for the UMEME Buyout which Parliament appropriated.
Last month, officials of Alikua Sub County rounded up more than 20 children aged between 6 and 14 years for not going to school due to a lack of scholastic materials. They were released after their parents and guardians presented the requirements to the authorities.
