Raymond Natukunda

Big news for healthcare in Uganda! 🇺🇬 @MulagoReferral has massively expanded its specialized services, bringing world-class, advanced medical care right to your doorstep. From organ transplants to next-gen genomics, here is how we are changing the game. 1️⃣ Advanced Surgery: We are now performing highly complex procedures including organ transplants, neurosurgery, open-heart/cardiothoracic surgery, and total hip & knee replacements. Minimal invasive (pinhole) surgery is also fully available! 2️⃣ Advanced Medicine & Pediatrics: Our doors are open for advanced neurology (brain mapping & Deep Brain Stimulation), pulmonology (EBUS-TBNA), and specialized neonatology to give premature babies the highest level of intensive care.

Back like we never left #NMGBoldVoices #NTVNews

A munyankole woman would have planted some matooke and vegetables on the rest of that space 🤣🤣

Today at Nakasero, I met Mr. Aliko Dangote and we discussed the proposed East African regional refinery. I informed him that from the very beginning, we have always opposed the export of raw materials without value addition. That is why Uganda delayed oil production because we insisted on first having a refinery. Without refining our oil, it would not make economic or strategic sense to simply export crude oil while others benefit from the finished products. I, therefore, welcomed the idea of a bigger regional refinery because our objective is African integration and shared prosperity. We cannot continue operating as fragmented and weak markets. If East Africa works together, such projects become more viable and beneficial to our people. Uganda is ready to support the regional refinery initiative while also continuing with the development of our own refinery in Hoima.

JUST IN: Following Rosatom’s $1.2 billion investment in Tanzania’s Mkuju River Uranium Project, Tanzania is now exploring a strategic partnership with Russia on nuclear power generation as part of its 70,000MW electricity ambition, according to Prof. Kitila Mkumbo.

Gift Nantongo is missing. She was last seen in Busiika, Luweero District. If you see her or know her whereabouts, inform Police

For nearly 5 yrs, over 60 Ugandan local contractors & suppliers who helped lay the foundation for @TotalEnergiesUG Tilenga oil field have waited for payment totaling close to $10 million. Behind these numbers are businesses that borrowed heavily, families that depended on those incomes, employees who lost jobs, and entrepreneurs whose dreams slowly collapsed under debt and silence. Some of the very people who believed in Uganda’s oil promise may never live to witness first oil. When people speak of the "oil curse", they often imagine distant theories. For these companies, it has already been painfully real. @PAU_Uganda @UNOC_UG

.WATCH: By setting a new oncology center in Mbarara, we will allow people from the western region and also from neighboring countries to come and be treated, and this partnership will enable Uganda to not be left behind but to benefit from the latest cancer research and treatment.” H.E. Mrs. Virginie Leroy, Ambassador of France to Uganda. #ChimpReportsNews @UgandaMFA @FrenchEmbassyUg Details: bit.ly/2OqE00M

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

Client (to Clarence Darrow after he had successfully represented her in Court) : "How can I ever show my appreciation, Mr. Darrow?" Clarence Darrow: "Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has been only one answer to that question."

Why Cornerstone is buying NIC Last week, Nigeria’s Industrial and General Insurance announced it would sell its 64.95 percent controlling stake in NIC Holdings to Cornerstone Asset Managers, pending regulatory approvals bit.ly/4tybkEl #MonitorUpdates

Bujagali Energy Limited (applicant), a special‑purpose hydropower company, challenged administrative additional income and withholding tax assessments issued by the Uganda Revenue Authority following a comprehensive audit; central disputes were whether the assessments were time‑barred and the correct interpretation of s.56(2) ITA for converting foreign‑currency amounts for tax, particularly capital allowances claimed after commissioning. The Tax Appeals Tribunal found the audit disclosed new, material information (notably Bujagali’s retrospective use of a 2012 exchange rate for assets acquired earlier), so the additional assessments were not time‑barred under s.25(2) TPCA; applying accrual rules (s.40 ITA) to s.56(2), the Tribunal held foreign‑currency expenditures must be converted at the Bank of Uganda rates prevailing on the dates the expenditures were incurred (when services or property were provided), upheld URA’s reclassification of many costs from start‑up to land/buildings, sustained add‑backs for inadequately documented sponsor disbursements (with an arithmetic correction), and maintained certain WHT liabilities while noting concessions from mediation; the Tribunal dismissed the application and upheld the revised assessment of Shs. 155,618,956,094 in total (WHT Shs. 298,382,432; income tax Shs. 155,320,573,662).

Bujagali Energy Ltd v Uganda Revenue Authority (Application 4 of 2024) [2026] UGTAT 13 (30 April 2026) Audit 'discovery of new information' justified assessments; foreign‑currency conversion is at the date expenditure was incurred — the Tribunal upheld a revised assessment of Shs. 155,618,956,094 (WHT Shs. 298,382,432; income tax Shs. 155,320,573,662). 👉:@2026-04-30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judg… @FERDINANDIUS

CURRENCIES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 😂😂😂😂😂😂

🇨🇭✨ 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Granit Xhaka (33) is the Sunderland Player of the Year, voted by the Sunderland Supporters Association! 🏆🥇 Xhaka: "People questioned the move. I trusted the vision. This club means everything." ❤️🤍

Introducing your 2025/26 Coca-Cola Golden Glove winner… David Raya 💫 The @Arsenal goalkeeper’s tally of 18 clean sheets cannot be matched! 👏

I died, my soul left my body, and then I died again. I've died many a death. They have killed me. These guys should be tried in The Hague for what they're putting me through.

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺, 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺.” — 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘭ò 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪

This sentences by Van Gogh hits hard: “If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”