The intercepted smuggled wheat flour Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Friday morning at around 4am intercepted a boat with 162 cartons (x12pkt x2kgs) of PEMBE KENYA WHEAT FLOUR . According to Ian M. Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA, the tax body had earlier planted its trusted informers at all
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Carolyne Agudo, Head of Customer Experience (L) at Housing Finance Bank handing over a customized gift hamper to a customer. Looking on is David Muyomba, the bank’s Communications & PR Officer In the spirit of celebration, Housing Finance Bank delivered in person to some of their partners across the country special presents to
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L-R Uganda Law Society President, Pheona Wall, Gilbert Agaba Director Intellectual Property, Mercy Kainobwisho, Registrar General & Paul Asiimwe of Sipi Law Firm during the launch of URSB's Journal. The Registrar General of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Mercy K. Kainobwisho today hosted a breakfast meeting with media editors and
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni taking oath President Yoweri Museveni has said that he doesn’t need lectures about democracy. Museveni was on Wednesday speaking at Kololo Independence Grounds after he was sworn in as President of Uganda. “It is quite comic and laughable to hear of some actors in the world
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The 2020 financial results for commercial banks operating in Uganda are finally out. Every year, Business Focus exclusively analyses the performance of banks based on their financial statements. In the last one month, banks have been releasing their financial results in newspapers as required by law. Currently, there are 25 banks
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New UNBS boss David Livingstone Ebiru The Minster of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambbade in consultation with Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) National Standards Council (NSC) has appointed David Livingstone Ebiru as the 4th Executive Director of the standards agency effective 11th May, 2021. Ebiru holds a 1st Class
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The informer reward regime has been strengthened by the decision of Honourable Justice Ssekaana Musa given in favour of URA in the matter of David Olaka Vs URA, where the reward claim of Shs241.53bn was dismissed. The informer had initially provided information to URA and about tax evasion by MTN and
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Angela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank Housing Finance Bank recently launched the Kingdom Development Organ aimed at stimulating community-based resource mobilization in partnership with the Church of Uganda. We caught up with Angela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank
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Patience T Rubagumya, the URA Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs The Tax Appeals Tribunal has affirmed that the lease of equipment amounts to a taxable supply and ordered Multiple ICD Ltd, a Freight Forwarding Company to pay VAT amounting to Shs2.86bn to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Multiple ICD Ltd instituted an application
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Andrew Ockenden (C), the Director Development at the British High Commission, UCDA boss Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira (2nd R) and Anne Babinaga (R), the Minister Counsellor at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a group photo after the coffee stakeholders meeting Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is working with the British High Commission
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