The Uganda Revenue Authority boss, Allen Kagina told Parliament’s finance committee on Tuesday 22nd April, 2014 that URA has incurred a revenue shortfall of Ugx 270 billions during period from November 2013 to April 2014. When asked to explain, Allen attributed the shortfall to commercial banks that provided bad debts and this affected the revenue collections by URA. She also cited the sale of Warid to Airtel Uganda having reduced taxes from the telecommunication industry. This implies that after the acquisition, the total revenue by the swap reduced, and there was no synergy. Companies that were previously making profits declared…
Another top LRA commander captured.
On 21st April 2014 an Easter Monday ambush of UPDF against Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in Central African Republic resulted into the capture of Lt. Charles Okello. Charles was in Bakuma, 500km west of Obo.Col Akunda said “Lt. Charles Okello was under the command of Dominic Ongwen and he has been commanding operations to loot food and medicine for rebels”. TheUgandan army is leading a US-backed African Union force tasked with capturing the LRA’s leaders. Most of them are wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Rebel chief Joseph Kony, who launched a rebellion in…
Don’t miss this year’s Cyberlympics Finals in Barcelona Spain
This year is a special one for the hacking community. EC Council International, the brain child behind the Global Cyberlympics has partnered with ISACA, one of the leading IS/IT Certifications Body based in the US, to organise the 2014 Global Cyberlympics completion. You can find more information from the Cyberlympics website here. The world finals of the competition will be held in Barcelona, Spain on 29th September 2014 hosted by ISACA in conjunction with EuroCACS/ISRM 2014. If you are into learning ethical hacking and cyber security, this is an event where the best of the best meet. You cannot afford…
Will President Museveni make it at 2016 polls?
During the January 2014 NRM caucus meeting in Kyankwanzi district, Members of Parliament endorsed President Museveni for the Presidency for 2016. Campaigns have been going at district levels to campaign for President Museveni. Minister for Presidency, Frank Tumwebaze was in Kamwenge district meeting the district leaders. Leaders of Kibale county Kamwenge district thanked the Members of Parliament for the resolution. They also thanked President Museveni for the tarmac road from Ibanda to Kamwenge. Also, Frank thanked the leaders for their support to the NRM party. Rumor has been going on that Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is eyeing for the Presidency…
Will National Identity Card Registration be a success?
The National Identity Card registration kicked off on Monday 14th 2014 with a low turn-up. The activity started with challenges of few and late delivery of kits to some parishes. Registration in villages has been slow with people complaining registration forms being written in English. This proved a problem as most rural population cannot understand English. The Internal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Pamela Ankunda, said the ministry is equipping its personnel with more skills so as to add impulse to the process. The Ugx 285 billion exercise is scheduled for four months and its targeting 18 million people. Around 10,000 people…
Daily news briefs for Uganda| 22nd April 2014| South Sudan rebels slaughter over 200 & more
The United Nation’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has said more than 200 civilians have been killed and over 400 wounded in a main mosque in Southern Sudan. They also reported of massacres in a church, hospital and an abandoned UN World Food Program (WFP) compound. According to the AFP, South Sudan’s army has been fighting rebels loyal to sacked vice-president Riek Machar after the insurgents launched a renewed offensive targeting key oil fields. The conflict has also taken on an ethnic dimension, pitting President Salva Kiir’s Dinka tribe against militia forces from Mr Machar’s Nuer people. Fighting broke…