The busted unstamped flavoured water “The party must be partied,” says a line in a song called Enjoyment by Rickman, a Ugandan hip-hop artist based in Sweden but for a vigilant revenue officer, the revenue nose must always be active even at a party. This is exactly what happened last
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has ranked the top 25 most compliant taxpayers in the four geographical regions of Uganda in 2019/20. This part of the Taxpayers’ Appreciation Season 2020 (TPAS). According to URA Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi, URA plans to increase engagements with every taxpayer and every stakeholder to
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Mr. Blessing Nshaho, Umeme’s Chief Corporate and Regulatory Officer presenting the company’s revenue requirement on Friday during a virtual application for tariff review Uganda’s main power distribution utility Umeme has tabled a $219 million (Shs813.2 billion budget) for 2021. Of that, $119 million (Shs442.4 billion) will be for capital investments
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi (pictured above) has said the tax body’s aspiration is to mobilize enough revenue for national development. He made the remarks during the 2020 Taxpayers’ Appreciation Ceremony held on Friday at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. “At URA, we have renewed our commitment
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EC had a meeting with Kyagulanyi on December 2, 2020 The Electoral Commission has summoned Presidential Candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine for what it termed as persistent breach of election guidelines/ Standard Operating Procedures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19. This comes barely a month to the
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The local currency was flat at close of week having eked out some previous gains as market players retreated in preparation of mid month tax payments. Trading remained in a narrow band of 3675/3685. In the fixed income market, it was a silent week in the absence of a primary
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Dr. Kidega plans to expand his coffee farm to 30 acres Northern Uganda has become a new frontier for coffee growing in Uganda. A few years ago, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) introduced commercial coffee production in the non-traditional commercial coffee areas including the Mid-Northern Uganda districts of Apac, Gulu,
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EC officials and agents of political parties and organisations observed delivery of voting materials The Electoral Commission Wednesday witnessed the delivery of the first batch of elections materials including ballot papers and Declaration of Results Forms for Elections of District Woman Representative to Parliament at Entebbe International Airport. This first
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja together with the Commissioner for Crop production in the Ministry, Alex Lwakuba on 4th December 2020 declared 11th of January 2021 on-wards as the appropriate date to start harvesting vanilla for the second season of the year 2020. The
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Four of the five monitored sectors in the monthly Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reported increases in output with the exception of construction as the November reading dipped to 53.9 down from 55.8 in October. Readings above 50.0 signal an improvement in business conditions on the previous month, while readings
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