John R. Musinguzi, the URA Commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected net revenue of Shs19.263 trillion and posted a growth in revenue of 14.99% in comparison to the FY 2019/20 and an estimated tax to GDP ratio of 12.99 percent[ Tax to GDP = Net Tax Shs19,263 Bn / 148,278 Bn
Read MorePresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday evening authorized Shillings 3.7 billion funding to Gulu University to speed up its research into the Coronavirus Disease cure research. On Monday the University’s Faculty of Bio-technology and Pharmaceutical Studies (PharmBiotec) headed by Dr Alice Venronica Lamwaka revealed it had made significant strides towards
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Wakiso district councillors have rejected the Shillings 100,000 disbursed to their accounts in form of allowances, saying it is too little. At least 58 of the 102 Councillors have sent back the money to district accounts, arguing that they would rather without any allowances. Speaking at a press conference at
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The government of Uganda introduced a raft of tax measures for the financial year 2021/2022, some drawing negative reactions especially from the taxpayers. Some of the tax measures that were made in regard to this included amendments to the Income Tax Act, the Excise Duty Act and the VAT Act,
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Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Football Club has today handed a 3-year contract to Morley Byekwaso as the teams new head coach. Byekwaso has been an interim coach for KCCA FC since the termination of the contract of their former head coach Mike Mutebi in March this year. Byekwaso was Mike
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The government has drawn up a resurgence plan worth 1.32 trillion Shillings in anticipation of another Coronavirus wave. The plan is highlighted in a report by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja scheduled to be presented before Parliament next week. It comes at a time when the country is battling a second
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A number of products on Ugandan market are not certified due to high cost of acquiring Q-Mark Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has phased out some of the charges which were previously being levied on enterprises seeking certification of their products and these include Initial Audit Fees of Shs 250,000
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Maj Gen Lokech insists that Gen Katumba's attackers are part of the ADF terror cell The joint security investigation team is searching for 15 guns which were allegedly used in 14 murders linked to suspects in the shooting of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. Katumba was attacked by gun-wielding men on
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Kenya's Gengeton kings "Mbuzi Gang who teamed with HID16th By Amon Baita Information from entertainment corridors has reliably confirmed that Uganda’s versatile artist HID16th has just dropped a new hit titled “Betty” in a collaboration with Nairobi based rap and Gengentone group -Mbuzi Gang and Exray and the new tune
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Elizabeth National Park boasts of over 4,000 elephants while buffalos are now above 1,700 Queen Elizabeth National Park is recording a boom in its wildlife population.In the 2018 wildlife census, UWA registered 3,953 elephants in Queen Elizabeth national park up from 2,913 elephants in 2015. Today, this number has grown
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