Daily Monitor
Friday May 07 2021
Some of rental shops in downtown Kampala. Lordlords fear that if they increase taxes, tenants will resort to operating businesses from the city outskirts. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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Property owners and tenants are up in arms against lawmakers for imposing 25 per cent rental income tax, effective July 1.
Dozens of landlords and tenants interviewed accused members of the 10th Parliament, whose term expires next week, of not consulting them as voters and real estate stakeholders.
The new levy is likely to result in increased rent as property owners will pass the cost onto tenants, who will desert commercial and residential buildings.
Daily Monitor
Thursday April 29 2021
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He gets angry very quickly and often uses abusive language towards me. Sometimes I fear he might hit me in a fit of rage
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My husband and I have been married for 10 years and although I love him very much, his temper is creating a rift between us. He gets angry very quickly and often uses abusive language towards me. Sometimes I fear he might hit me in a fit of rage. I do not want to leave him but his never-changing attitude is making me have second thoughts about our marriage. We have tried counselling but nothing seems to work. What should I do?
Daily Monitor
Thursday January 28 2021
The new Jinja Bridge is one of the tourist attractions in Jinja Town in Eastern Uganda. Photo | Tony Mushoborozi
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At the end of the elections, all NUP flagbearers in Jinja City South and Jinja City North lost. A combination of factors have been advanced to explain the trend.
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Although the Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party took the Jinja City mayoral seat and went on to galvanise its presence in the just concluded municipality elections, the story is different in the two divisions of Jinja City.
At the end of the elections, all NUP flagbearers in Jinja City South and Jinja City North lost. A combination of factors have been advanced to explain the trend.