The December 2021 Auditor General’s report has revealed that a section of some local governments paid ghost workers to a tune of Shs1.12Bn. The details were revealed by Edward Akol, Acting Assistant Auditor General-Audits while handing over the 2021 audit report to Deputy Speaker Anita Among at Parliament yesterday. While
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Thomas Pelletier, Managing Director of CFAO Motors Uganda Present in Uganda since 2005, Toyota Uganda Limited today announced a name change to CFAO Motors Uganda. CFAO Motors Uganda is a subsidiary of CFAO Automotive, a division of CFAO Group, which is owned by Toyota Tsusho Corporation. CFAO Motors Uganda is the
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Sucafina is supporting farmers to produce quality coffee and get premium prices Sucafina, the parent company of UGACOF Limited, is a premier supplier of East African coffee with operations in 32 countries including Uganda. Sucafina prides itself on direct connections and relationships with producers. In a recent interview with the Global Coffee
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Parliament has once again passed into law the Landlord and Tenant Bill 2021 that gives powers to landlords to enter premises and confiscate property in case the tenant fails to pay rent within 30days. Clause 30 of the revised bill stipulates; Failure to pay rent by tenant and claims for
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John R. Musinguzi, the URA Commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recorded Shs10.163 trillion in net revenue collections for the first 6 months of this FY 2021/22, against a target of Shs11.063 trillion. This represents 45.44% of the annual target. A shortfall of UGX 900.81 billion was incurred with a performance of 91.86%. It
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Auditor General John Muwanga Government failed to spend and therefore returned back to the consolidated fund Shs3.1Trn in 2021, the Auditor General report dated December 2021 has revealed. This has been attributed to under absorption due to the Covid-19 restrictions. According to the report, Government’s approved budget Shs51.6Trn and of this, Shs46.7Trn was released.
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A CiplaQCIL staff donating blood To address the growing blood deficit in Uganda, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL), together with the Rotary Mengo Blood Bank, have launched the Hope in Every Drop campaign, targeting all eligible blood donors. Uganda collects an average of 220,000 units of blood annually against the World
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The Auditor General John Muwanga (L) handing over the 2021 report to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among The Office of the Auditor General has highlighted incidences of rot in the expenditure of covid funds among public agencies. This is contained in the summarized audit report dated December 2021 that the
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Equity Bank officials unveiling the USSD code to open a bank account Equity Bank Uganda Wednesday morning launched an easier way to open a bank account using a USSD code. This is aimed at tapping into Uganda’s unbanked population. The bank’s Executive Director- Commercial Banking, Michael Matovu Sseguya says the latest addition to
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The injured fire victims have been evacuated to IHK hospital. An unspecified number of people have sustained burns following a fuel tank explosion at the Vivo Energy (Shell) Depot on 7th Street in the Industrial area in Kampala. Fire trucks were seen extinguishing the fire that broke out this afternoon. The
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