Uganda Registers Lowest Inflation Rate in 15 Months
The decline in commodity prices, especially food and fuel, has helped Uganda to register the lowest inflation rate in the last 15 months. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) said yesterday that Uganda’s annual headline inflation, which includes items in Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 3.9 percent over the last 12 months compared to 4.9 percent in the previous year due to a decline in the wide range if commodity prices.
This is the lowest inflation rate Uganda has...
Judiciary Registers Shs2 bn Revenue Rise from Online Case Filing
The Judiciary has registered an increase of Shs2 billion in non-tax revenue through the online filing of cases over the Electronic Court Case Management Information System (ECCMIS). The automated system tracks all aspects of a case's life cycle, from initial filing through disposition and appeal.
Effective March 1, 2022, when it was rolled out in most of the courts in Kampala, the use of papers to file documents in court was banned and courts started receiving the same electronically.
While addressing...
Gov’t set to take MP Ssegirinya for Specialised Treatment Abroad
The Parliament of Uganda has sent Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, to Germany for specialised medical treatment due to lung tumors. This comes after the government promised to clear his medical bills for his earlier treatment at Mengo Hospital.
Alex Luswa Luwemba, Personal Assistant to Ssegirinya, confirmed the information, saying that the MP’s health has been worsening. In a statement before the flight MP Ssegirinya said he would make a stopover at Nairobi Hospital for extra examinations before...
Brazilian national Collapses and Dies in Kawempe
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a Brazilian national identified as Douglas Martin Junior, who was found with a passport from Brazil (No. FU337925) with a syrup bottle.
According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, it is alleged that on July 30, 2023, at around 9:00 a.m. Duoglas collapsed and died while he was at a clinic in Kagugube Parish in the Kawempe division.
His body was converged on the city mortuary in...
Nelson Mandela Day: African Leaders yet to Emulate his Legacy
Today Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day, marked every 18th of July, his birthday.
The first UN Mandela Day took place on July 18, 2010, after the United Nations formally declared the day in November 2009. The theme of International Nelson Mandela Day for the year 2023 is: "The legacy lives on through you: Climate, food, and Solidarity".
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president...
URA to Refund 140M to Rejected Passport Applicants
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been asked to refund Shs144 million to customers following rejected passport applications.
During the weekly security briefing at the Uganda Police headquarters in Naguru, Mr. Simon Mundeyi, the spokesperson for the Directorate of Immigration and Citizen Affairs, explained that 288 applicants will have their money refunded from the tax body after they applied for the wrong passports.
He said they rejected the applications because the applicants had applied for diplomatic passports, but their statuses didn’t...