Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently launched a tax compliance campaign dubbed KAKASA-’You’re in charge’, an an Integrated Communication and Marketing Campaign where the tax body will help usher in a new approach to doing business, allowing business men
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Mumba Kalifungwa, Managing Director of Absa Bank Uganda The Africa Financial Markets Index 2020 conducted by Absa Group together with The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) to gauge financial markets performance of selected countries has ranked Uganda 10th, the same position the country held the previous year.
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Burial of COVID-19 victim in Namisindwa district/Courtesy photo As Uganda continues battling community infections, some Ugandans have resorted to paying hospital and mortuary staff for negative coronavirus reports for their loved ones who have succumbed to the pandemic. This comes almost three months after the Health Ministry stopping conducting burials
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Kampala Minister, Beti Kamya/Courtesy Photo Drama ensued in the budget committee sitting at Parliament today, when two Ministers clashed with the chairperson of the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) over a Shs12.1bn request to settle outstanding compensation to six beneficiaries, under the Land Fund. The ministers, Beti Kamya and Persis Namuganza
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Tanzania is one of the few countries in the world to not publish any data on Covid-19 cases/AFP A week after the US advised against all travel to Tanzania its embassy in the East African country has said it is "aware of significant number of Covid-19 cases since January 2021".
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Parliament has mourned self-claimed god, Omukama Ruhanga Owobusobozi Bisaka, describing him as a person who championed unity and poverty eradication in Bunyoro region. The motion to pay tribute to Bisaka was brought by the first deputy Prime Minister, Moses Ali and seconded by the leader of opposition Betty Aol Ocan. Bisaka passed
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A number of companies including Stanbic Bank, Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA), Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda and Nice House of Plastics have joined hands to form a collaborative partnership to promote responsible use and re-cycling of plastic waste and sustainable environmental protection. Formalizing the collaboration at a ceremony signing
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John Magufuli is currently on his second term as president of Tanzania The ruling party in Tanzania has dismissed growing calls from its MPs for President John Magufuli to extend his term in office. The 61-year-old president, who won elections in October, is currently serving his second and final five-year
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By Hassan Kitenda,CAIA Starting your own business can be a direful but gratifying process. While designing a great business plan is critical for founders, financing is one of the most important elements a company needs to succeed. Financing is needed to start a business and ramp it up to profitability.
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The move to criminalise marital rape in the Sexual Offences Bill 2019 failed after proponents of the Bill backed off the plans. The MPs wanted to criminalise what they termed as marital as marital rape as a way of fighting against domestic violence in Uganda. Fronted by Monicah Amoding (Kumi Woman MP),
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