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Emmanuel Angudubo, the Assistant Town Clerk and manager for local revenue in Arua City speaking to URN on Property Tax Projection. URN With two months to the end of the Financial Year, Arua City authorities have intensified efforts aimed at collecting targeted shillings 1.5 billion local revenue from property owners. […]

Parliament Speaker says her focus remains on legislative work as she backs Muhoozi birthday run NILE POST Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has firmly dismissed speculation about a potential presidential bid, describing the claims as “absolute nonsense” and announcing plans to retire from active politics by 2031. Among made the […]

By Onzoma Albert Arua City Market vendors at Onduparaka Community Market are threatening demonstrations due to the stalled construction of the UGX 1.6 billion market project. The six-month construction, launched in July 2025, aimed to transform the dilapidated market that has been neglected for over 15 years. Funded by the […]

CEFORD officials, Arua district leaders and community members and leaders in Logiri during community barraza in Logiri sub-coiunty By Onzoma Albert Arua City A significant number of women in Logiri sub-county, Arua district, continue to deliver at home under the care of traditional birth attendants (TBAs). The main reasons cited […]

By Onzoma Albert Arua City The Arua City Council has approved several key planning documents to guide development, alongside the 2026/2027 financial year budget. These include the Five-Year Development Plan, Institutional Strengthening Plan, Revenue Enhancement Plan, Strategic Plan for Statistics, and the Tax Rates/Charges and Appeals Procedure. These initiatives aim […]

Cabinet directive lowering the eligibility age for beneficiaries from 80 to 65 years. URN Parliament has asked the government to increase funding to the social protection programme targeting older persons, popularly known as the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE). It warns that thousands of elderly citizens risk exclusion unless urgent […]

Julius Malema showed little emotion as he received news of the sentence BBC Leading South African opposition politician Julius Malema, 45, has been sentenced to five years after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public. But Magistrate Twanet Olivier allowed the leader […]

Justice Minister Michael Makuei Lueth RADIO TAMAZUJ South Sudan’s justice minister said on Wednesday that the trial of suspended First Vice President Riek Machar and seven co-accused has taken longer than expected but is moving toward completion. Michael Makuei Lueth, who was appointed to the justice ministry in November 2025, […]

The suspect, identified as Tom Mugabirwe, a taxi driver was arrested on Monday evening in Moyo District. Photo | Courtesy DAILY MONITOR Police have arrested the taxi driver who allegedly knocked dead Kikuube District Chairperson, Peter Banura, and had been on the run since the April 4 incident. The suspect, […]

REUTERS The Trump administration expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a deal to end the war with Iran, while also warning of increasing economic pressure against Tehran if it remains defiant. President Donald Trump ​has said he believes the war he launched with Israel in late February is nearly over, even as […]