Banks have started sharing information about foreign account holders with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) as the taxman steps up its purge of tax dodgers and beneficiaries of illicit wealth. Some banks on Thursday notified their customers that they had started implementing the common reporting standards (CRS) under which countries
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The Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka (Left) speaking to the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo (Right) at the High Court in Kampala. Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has hit at members of the Uganda Law Society-ULS for overstepping their mandate. This is after the lawyers called for an Extra Ordinary Meeting to discuss
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Deputy Speaker, Tayebwa has tasked the Minister of Health, Jane Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week to address concerns by some MPs about the small size of condoms in Uganda and educate the public on condom us ahead of the commemoration of World Condom Day slated for 13th
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The National Agricultural Research Organization has signed cooperation agreements with ten seed companies through which it will multiply and disseminate authentic and certified seed varieties developed by the organization. The agreements were signed on Thursday at the organization offices in Entebbe. The accredited seed companies included CenturySeeds Ltd, GOLDEN BUZZ
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The Uganda Revenue Authority unveiled the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution mobile application to ease the taxpayers journey to compliance. According to the Commissioner Information Technology and Innovations at the URA, Robert Mutebi, formally VAT registered taxpayers will directly access the mobile app where as non-registered VAT clients will have to
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Hundreds of Ugandans leave Uganda through Entebbe International Airport for jobs abroad Government is working with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to secure the release and repatriation of Ugandans held hostage by rebel groups in Myanmar, according to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja. Government has also conformed that 290 Ugandans
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Army MP, Lt Gen. James Mugira engaging Tumwebaze, the agriculture minister prior to presentation of the latter's statement Livestock farmers will meet the cost of purchasing vaccine for the foot and mouth disease (FMD). The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, told Parliament that the decision
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The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja (second left) with colleague MPs after the Thursday plenary session The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has revealed that government will table Bills next week aimed at providing for the rationalisation of agencies under four sectors of the country. The proposed Bills include the Rationalisation of
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An analysis of Uganda's indebtedness shows that the national debt is sustainable over the medium to long term and will ease in two to three years, but that commercial and domestic loan costs are straining resources. The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) for the year 2022/2023 just issued by the Ministry
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Agroecology Entrepreneurs from Kenya and Uganda on a tour at Agape Innovations in Kabanyoro The Neycha Accelerator & Fund, a joint initiative by the Biovision Foundation, SHONA, and SHONA Capital supporting agroecological enterprises (AEEs) in Kenya and Uganda, has announced that applications are now open for the second cohort of the program.
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