Betting companies are under declaring taxes to Government The National Gaming Board Uganda (NGBU) wants Shs6.4bn to procure the gaming central monitoring system to detect the gaming companies which under declare their earnings to Government. The revelation was made by NGBU e Ag.Executive Director Janet Namuli while appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee
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FDC spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has officially announced the Kira Municipality member of Parliament Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda as their flag bearer for the position of Speaker of the forth coming Parliament.The party Chairman Waswa Biriggwa made the announcement today at the party offices in Najjanankumbi
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Johnathan McKinstry The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has today officially parted ways with head coach Johnathan McKinstry.According to a statement issued by FUFA, the Head Coach of the Uganda Men’s National team, McKinstry, has today reached an agreement with FUFA to bring an end to his 18 months
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija The government has been advised to explore the possibility of taxing online advertising and content promoters instead of imposing a tax on internet data bundles. Early this month, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija announced twelve new measures through which the government intends to increase its revenue collections in
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Solome Abalo earns her living from growing tomatoes Many agricultural consultants don’t practice what they preach. This is different with Solome Abalo, a Knowledge Transfer Officer with East-West Seed Company in the northern district of Gulu. For over 5 years, she has been training farmers on vegetable growing. “When I
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Coffee ready for export A total of 572,839 60-kilo bags of coffee valued at US$ 53.52 million were exported in March 2021 at an average weighted price of US$ 1.56 /kilo, 6 cents higher than US$ 1.50 /kilo in February 2021, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for March
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Donald Rukare, President of the UOC, Helen Basuuta Nangonzi, Absa Bank Uganda's Director of Marketing and Customer Experience and Beatrice Ayikoru, Secretary General of the UOC. Absa Bank Uganda has sponsored the team that will represent Uganda at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics to the tune of UGX 54.5m. The
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Owners of private schools want to be recognized as investors Owners of private institutions under their Umbrella Proprietors of Private Educational Institutions Association in Uganda- PPEIAU want the government to recognise them as investors so as to benefit from the available incentives. Mike Kironde, the National Chairperson PPEIAU, says that despite
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The number of internet users in Uganda has significantly increased over the last year, a study by Unwanted witness has revealed.Titled “The State of Digital Rights and Internet Users in Uganda”, the report shows that the number of internet users in Uganda drastically increased to 20 million by September 2020
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By Ali Ssekatawa The assertion that Uganda got a bad deal from the oil and gas projects and will only earn $5 per barrel is not only factually wrong but does not make logical sense. Mr. Hussein Lumumba Amin ignorantly mixes up the economics of the upstream with the midstream.
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