#QUOTE '...when we talk about widening the tax base then go for cows. I have over 2,000 cows but nobody charges me tax. Nobody even wants to know how much I get out of it. Let's widen the tax base instead of making traders suffer. People have so many cows'

~ Rt Hon Anita Annet Among

Gov’t has tabled a UGX1.101trillion supplementary budget of this, UGX3billion will go to Uganda Martyrs Day Celebrations in Namugongo (overseen by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development), while UGX578.4billion will go to businessman Mathias Magoola for a Pharmaceutical plant construction in Wakiso district.

Ugandan Parliament rejects proposal by Government to disband the National Forestry Authority and have its functions transferred to MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬, with MPs arguing that NFA plays an instrumental role in environmental protection and therefore, should not be lumped up at the Ministry