The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has today announced an extension of the mandatory registration for employers to June 30, 2023, following requests from small and medium enterprises. Non-compliant employers will thereafter be subjected to financial penalties as provided in section 14 of the NSSF Act, as amended, NSSF Ag.
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The Director of Public Prosecution, Jane Frances Abodo (pictured), has requested Parliament to amend section 21(1)(q) of the Income Tax Act to exempt State Prosecutors from paying tax on their employment income, so as to motivate her force. Abodo made the appeal while appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee where she
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Francis Mwebesa, Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has been urged to implement conducive measures that will ease the cost of doing business. According to Hon. Roland Ndyomugyenyi (Indep., Rukiga County), many businesses are closing due to factors like high taxes and other attendant
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The Uganda Veterinary Board (UVA) has suspended the registration of all veterinary graduates from Makerere University over poor training structures, a move that will see the current students pursuing veterinary medicine unable to practice their profession until the situation is rectified by the University. The revelation was made by Barnabas
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Left-Right: Eugene Willemsen, the PepsiCo CEO of the Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) region; Dr. Amos Nzeyi, the Crown Beverages Limited Executive Chairman; The Vice President of Uganda, Rtd Major. Jessica Alupo; Paddy Muramiirah, the CBL CEO and former Prime Minister of Uganda, Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda tour the
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Vehicles going through the potholes at Sir Apolo Kaggwa road The current poor state of roads in Kampala is a result of the failure of the Kampala Capital City Authority to clear payments for fuel and asphalt material supplied to it by various companies in the past. The Authority owes
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The Women in an Oil Palm Plantation where they pick falling fronds which they use for making brooms Women and children in Kalangala district are making fortunes in adding value to some of the neglected residues of the palm oil trees grown in the area. In 2000, the government with
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The Livestock department has attributed the shortage of butter that has hit households and the hospitality industry to a scarcity of milk, which has seen processors abandon production. Livestock principal secretary Harry Kimtai said the shortage in supply of raw milk saw dairy farms give priority to the processing of
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Abbasi Mawanda, Head of Business and Institutional Banking at PostBank Uganda handing over assorted food items to the mosque at Makerere University. PostBank Uganda on Monday gifted the muslim communities at Makerere University, Kyambogo and Makerere University Business School with assorted food items for breaking fast. The items included rice,
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Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (pictured) has come under fire after MPs accused him of turning the University into a military academy, leading to the suppression of freedoms of students and staff. Joseph Ssewungu, the Kalungu West MP, tasked Nawangwe to explain why the University tribunal was suspended,
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