Mulwana on one of his visits to the farm in Kakiri Pumpkins (Ensujju in Luganda) are a warm season vegetable belonging to the genus “Cucurbita” class. The gourd fruit boasts of several varieties such as sweet cream, Bala, Dulu, Onziga, Sunfish, Sugar pie and Anderina. It does well in loamy
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is worried that farmers may fail to plant cotton over seeds supply issues. Former MAAIF Minister, Vincent Ssempijja made the revelation recently while handing over office to his successor, Frank Tumwebaze . “Cotton may have problems because the private sector is incapacitated,” Ssempijja
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Kalyango is earning big from passion fruit farming You can earn millions of shillings in passion fruit farming-only if you do the right thing. Passion fruit farming is one of the enterprises one can consider venturing into during this lockdown given its profitability. Sharif Kalyango, who started with an acre
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Francis Otucu Early this year, the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, like any other human being, fell sick, as would later be confirmed by the Kingdom Premier (Katikkiro), Charles Peter Mayiga. From the word go, the Kingdom kept silent about his situation, brushing off commentators. Yet, he looked frail,
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Filing and payment of final Income Tax, filing of provisional income tax returns, payment of provisional income tax and payment of any outstanding amounts that could be overdue to avoid further accumulation of interest are some of the tax obligations due by Wednesday June 30, 2021. In a reminder to
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has clarified that oxygen gas cylinders are tax exempt. Traditional media and the new media platforms have lately been occupied with discussions about the tax treatment of oxygen gas cylinders with many confusing narratives. However, according to URA, medical oxygen is an essential medicine in
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Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya, the Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is confident that by the close of the Financial Year 2020/21 which is just a few days away, the tax body will have met its revenue collection target 100%. This financial year 2020/21 (July
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Atingi-Ego (L), Mukunda and Ocailap (2nd R) during the discussion. Program based budgeting as adopted by the government ahead of the Financial Year 2021/22 is expected to among others, deliver the country to quick recovery from the Covid-19 stress on the economy. This discussion formed part of Tuesday’s Post-budget e-Conference
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