Taxpayers in Uganda are set to enjoy a reliable and convenient method to pay their dues to Uganda Revenue Authority following the launch of a brand new payment solution in partnership with Airtel Money. The partnership that facilitates payment of all taxes will offer Airtel Uganda subscribers convenience, reliability and
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Google has barred phone maker Huawei from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese firm, BBC reports. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of
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Survivors of Sunday's boat accident on Lake Albert have indicated that many of their colleagues could hardly know of an impending tragedy because they were under the influence of alcohol, URN reports. The boat carrying 50 people capsized on its way to Runga landing site in Kigorobya Sub County while
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The suspects in the killings of at least five pro-democracy protesters in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, have been arrested, the military council says. Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said the men had signed confessions without giving details about their identities or how many they were. A member of the security forces was
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It was glamour as US$320m (Shs1.2 trillion) Kingdom Kampala Mall owned by property mogul, Sudhir Ruparelia was officially opened to the public on Sunday. The official unveiling of the building was preceded by prayers. The Shs1.2 trillion building has changed Kampala's skyline Sudhir’s Jyostna and son, Rajiv, who is the
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There was a heated debate among leaders from West Nile, over land control arising from cultural and polygamy practices driving land fragmentation in the region. Women leaders particularly blamed the culture of polygamy where men allocate land to each woman and the most hardworking takes the biggest share. They said
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The Church of Uganda has tremendously evolved from some of its core principals to accommodate Christian faithful using modern contraceptives of family planning. Previously, the church stamped a zero tolerance tag on the use of modern contraceptives in favour of the view that the practice is a sacrilegious sin against
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Coffee nursery operators in Greater Nebbi have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over non-payment of coffee seedlings supplied in the financial year 2018/2019 under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program, URN reports. The coffee seedlings worth over 500 million shillings were supplied through the Uganda Coffee Development Authority UCDA and distributed to
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A civil Society group says government should not award tax exemptions considered "harmful" to the country's economy, URN reports. The Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) says harmful tax exemptions cost the tax payer over 1.4 trillion shillings during the 2017/18 financial year. The 1.4 trillion shillings
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Know whether your business is making money. One of the most important financial concepts you'll need to learn in running your new business is the computation of gross profit, and the tool you use to maintain gross profit is markup. The gross profit on a product is computed as follows:
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