Sowedi Sserwadda in coat, the Kibinge Coffee Cooperative Chairperson with another farmer in a demonstration farm The Cooperative movement in Uganda is told to forget the "old good days" when it enjoyed success due to the monopoly granted by the government. Then, until the 1980s, the cooperative societies and unions
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Michael Mukundane, a tax literacy officer at URA The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has engaged taxpayers under the umbrella of the Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) on matters of compliance, business formalization, and the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS), amongst many other things. USSIA is a non-governmental organization that promotes and
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A picture of handcuffed suspect/Courtesy The National Anti-Human Trafficking Office at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched an investigation into the trafficking of 14 Burundians, allegedly orchestrated by Pieri Ndayisenga and Shaban Serungaya. The duo is accused of selling the victims to a farmer in Gomba district, promising them
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Uganda is increasingly earning big from coffee exports Uganda’s coffee exports in February 2024 amounted to 434,582 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 82.56 million (Shs319.8bn). According to Uganda Coffee Development Authority monthly report for February 2024, this comprised of 372,407 bags of Robusta valued at US $ 68.58 million and 62,175
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The governing board of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda Officials shortly after a recent meeting to discuss issues on how National Participation of Ugandan companies can be enhanced in the oil and gas sector. In the wake of the announcement of
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Richard Kawere, Principal at Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute, appearing before Parliament’s Tourism Committee Lawmakers on the Parliament’s Tourism Committee have questioned officials from Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute on demands for extra Shs8.9Bn yet at the moment, all the money the Institute collects is spent at source
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Equity Bank Officials Appearing before the Court Dock. The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded five employees of Equity Bank on charges of conspiring to defraud the bank of 62 billion shillings. They are Julius Musiimenta, the Head Agency Banking, Erina Nabisubi, the Relationship Manager Telecoms, Fred Semwogerere, a Banker, Crescent
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Sgt Phiona Asiimwe A number of Ugandans have different experiences when it comes to loan servicing. Some experiences are positive while others are purely negative. For Sgt Phiona Asiimwe, it is a positive one, having benefited from the Police Exodus SACCO. "I have been a member of Police Exodus SACCO since my
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The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi (pictured) has blamed policy makers for the unrealistic nature of the national budget, saying that whenever planners come up with a budget, some of the items are altered thus affecting the performance of the budget at the end of the financial year. “We have
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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Group of 77 (G-77)+China Summits held in Kampala in January attracted 3, 500 guests in total and these consumed 56, 000 eggs in eight days, Business Focus exclusively reports. Each of the guests had breakfast with two eggs per day at the Speke Resort in Munyonyo. This implies a
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