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  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan youth protesting increased taxes in the new Finance 2024 bill, have forced their way into parliament, with police overwhelmed by their numbers. Several have however been shot dead, reports indicate. The proposed measures include new levies on basic commodities like bread, vegetable …

Five years on, Ugandan conservationists can’t believe Vietnamese wildlife traffickers got away with it SPECIAL REPORT | WILD LIFE CONSERVATION  | In January 2019, the arrest and imminent prosecution of several Vietnamese wildlife traffickers in Kampala excited wildlife conservationists in Uganda and abroad who saw it as an opportunity to disrupt a …

How is that even possible? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | As thousands of mainly youth have been holding protest across Kenya against new tax proposals made in the annual budget for FY 2024/25, the main question in Uganda has been: How is that even possible? Many Ugandans took to the …

Experts share mixed views relating to fiscal discipline, tax, growing debt COVER STORY | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Finance Minister Matia Kasaija ascended the podium at Kololo Independence Grounds on June 13 to unveil the FY2024/2025 National Budget, the air was thick with anticipation. The nation waited with bated breath, eager …

Excise duty ✅ Increase excise duty on petrol by Shs 100 per litre. ✅ Increase excise duty on diesel by Shs 100 per litre. ✅ Increase excise duty on imported wines from 80 percent or Shs 8,000 per litre to 100 percent or Shs 10,000 whichever is higher Winners ✅ …

✅FY 2024/25 is the 5th & final implementation year of NDP3. NDP4 will implement the first 5 years of the strategy for growing the economy 10-fold. ✅The economy sustained recovery from the effects of COVID-19,growing at about 6% in FY 2023/24,compared to 5.3% in FY 2022/23 & 4.6% in FY …

Group G Uganda 🇺🇬 1⃣🇺 Algeria 🇩🇿 2⃣   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Travis Mutyaba struck early to give the Uganda Cranes a dream start to their World Cup qualifier against Algeria at Mandela National Stadium. Mutyaba struck in the 11th, to secure a first half lead for the hosts before …

10th June 2024 📍 Mandela National Stadium 🕖 7:00 PM Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will hope to ride on the momentum of their victory over Botswana at the weekend, when they face bogey side Algeria today. Another mamoth crowd is expected to support the national football …

Assessing the fallout in Masaka and what lies ahead for 2026 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The feud between the National Unity Platform (NUP) and former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga has festered for months and all indications are that it will go on until the 2026 elections. …

Group G Uganda 🇺🇬 1  Botswana 🇧🇼 0 FULL TIME Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Muhammad Shaban’s second half goal gave the Uganda Cranes victory on their return to Mandela National Stadium on Friday. The Zebras of Botswana held on to a goalless first half under floodlights in the third matchday of …