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President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s multi-billion Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (TRIDI) silk project might fail if government does not intervene and streamline the institute’s operations, sort out leadership issues (particularly those with its mother ministry), and stop the mass exit of staff.
A fearless female Ugandan journalist and lawyer, who is famous for exposing the excesses of the Ugandan Parliament and its Speaker Anita Annet Among, has been named the winner of the EU Human Rights Defenders (EUHRD) Award 2023. Agather Atuhaire was awarded for her “courageous efforts to shine a light on corruption and mismanagement in public life in Uganda,” according to EU in Uganda.
Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has described his fallen junior labour minister Col (Rtd) Charles Engola as a lion who successfully fought wars. In a eulogy, Museveni revealed that he first saw Engola in Lubiri barracks before it was returned to the King of Buganda, the Kabaka.
Uganda’s Parliament has today, May 02, 2023, passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023, giving it another chance at presidential assent. The bill was passed after at least five amendments were made to clauses that the country’s 78-year-old long-serving leader found problematic based on the advice from Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi and his senior, AG Kiryowa Kiwanuka.
On the morning of Tuesday, May 02, 2023, a bodyguard killed his boss Charles Engola, the junior (state) Ugandan minister of Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, before shooting himself dead in Kyanja in the capital Kampala. Here is a quick look at Minister Engola’s profile:
A UPDF officer and bodyguard who shot dead his boss, junior labour minister Col (Rtd) Charles Engola, has been identified. According to Information Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the bodyguard was Private (Pte) Wilson Sabiiti.
Now, the PEPFAR Coordination office, which is responsible for all HIV/AIDS related activities, has called off a meeting to discuss the Uganda Country Operational Plan 2023 (COP23) strategy presentation over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. COP23 is key for US government’s HIV/AIDS related activities in the country.
Members of Parliament from Kasese District have praised Charles Ayume’s Committee on Health for recommending the reactivation of the credit line for medical supplies to Kilembe Mines Hospital.
The URA will now forcefully require tax payers whose input tax credits exceed their output tax credits by UGX 5million and above as provided for under S.42 (1) in the VAT Act to claim for their input. Initially, taxpayers have been at liberty to claim for this refund at their point of convenience.