Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has ranked the top 25 most compliant taxpayers in the four geographical regions of Uganda in 2019/20. This part of the Taxpayers’ Appreciation Season 2020 (TPAS). According to URA Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi, URA plans to increase engagements with every taxpayer and every stakeholder to
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Mr. Blessing Nshaho, Umeme’s Chief Corporate and Regulatory Officer presenting the company’s revenue requirement on Friday during a virtual application for tariff review Uganda’s main power distribution utility Umeme has tabled a $219 million (Shs813.2 billion budget) for 2021. Of that, $119 million (Shs442.4 billion) will be for capital investments
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi (pictured above) has said the tax body’s aspiration is to mobilize enough revenue for national development. He made the remarks during the 2020 Taxpayers’ Appreciation Ceremony held on Friday at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. “At URA, we have renewed our commitment
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EC had a meeting with Kyagulanyi on December 2, 2020 The Electoral Commission has summoned Presidential Candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine for what it termed as persistent breach of election guidelines/ Standard Operating Procedures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19. This comes barely a month to the
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The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo hands over a special recognition certificate to employees of Pearl Dairy at the awarding ceremony held at Serena Hotel last week. Pearl Dairy Farms Ltd, the producer of Lato Milk products has been awarded as the best dairy processing company in Uganda by The
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One of the winners (L) receiving his award from N9nister Kanyike (C) and UHRC boss Irumba Amooti Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has awarded over 8 university student for participating in the human right essay competition that was conducted on various topics including police brutality, respecting human rights for all
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He was praised for defending democracy Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga, who created history by presiding over the annulment of the 2017 presidential election, will officially retire on Friday. He has been praised for restoring faith in the independence of the judiciary since taking office in October 2016. Justice Maraga
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Uganda has applied for more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as the number of cases in the East African nation tops 25,000. "The Ministry has quantified and applied for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) and the process is at an
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The local currency was flat at close of week having eked out some previous gains as market players retreated in preparation of mid month tax payments. Trading remained in a narrow band of 3675/3685. In the fixed income market, it was a silent week in the absence of a primary
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Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has announced an extension of their Sasuza Visa consumer education campaign that aims to eliminate the practice of surcharging, where merchants levy extra charges on payments made using debit or credit cards at a Point of Sale (POS). The campaign that aims at
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