The Executive Director of Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA), Jean Byamugisha has revealed how COVID-19 has hit hard Uganda’s hospitality industry. She says hotels in Uganda have so far furloughed over 400,000 staff. A furlough is a temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer,
Read MoreReal Estate Agents are unregulated Parliament has granted leave to West Budama North MP, Richard Othieno Okoth to draft and introduce a Private Members Bill called the Real Estate Agents Bill 2020. While asking Parliament to grant him leave yesterday, Okoth said that most real estate agents make money through commission for services
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Members of Parliament on Finance, Planning and Economic Development Committee have rejected a number of new tax proposals on the property sector on grounds they will increase the administrative cost for companies in the business of commercial property. Finance Ministry recently tabled The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020 whose
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Plumbing in Uganda is on the rise due to increasing construction demands by individuals, organizations and government civil works. Although not well documented, plumbing forms an integral part of the construction business contributing 13% to GDP according to National Bureau of Statistics FY2010/11. According to Lawrence Mwesigye a plumber and
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Jean Byamugisha, the Executive Director at Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA) is not only knowledgeable about hotel and tourism sectors, but also passionate about them. UHOA is currently composed of 520 members. In an exclusive interview with Business Focus, Byamugisha (in featured photo above) assesses the performance of the hotel
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Uganda’s richest man and biggest landlord, Sudhir Ruparelia (pictured above) has revealed that the future of real estate sector looks bright as oil production nears. Asked about his view on the year 2019 for the property sector, Sudhir said it was quite a challenging year. “It has been a slow
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Fairway Hotel that is located in the heart of Kampala is expanding to accommodate the increasing number of customers as a result of its superior services and customer care. Speaking at the sidelines of the Independent Online Journalists Association (indoja-U) retreat hosted by Fairway Hotel, Anthony Sifuma, the Food &
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Kingdom Kampala Mall that was recently opened is beginning to attract top tenants, with Sekanyolya Systems Ltd, a company dealing in Property Security business activities being the latest. The grand opening of the branch took place today and was graced by Kingdom Kampala Mall owner, Sudhir Ruparelia and Buganda Kingdom
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Following the successful completion of their 35th Annual Conference, the members of the African Union for Housing Finance together agreed on a Cape Town Declaration on Housing Finance, at their Annual General Meeting on 6 November 2019. The 35 active AUHF members expressed their commitment to realising housing affordability across
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By Denis Jjuuko Sometimes home owners in Uganda embark on their dream house projects by starting with building a small house in one corner of the plot of land. This small house is traditionally known as boys-quarters though with gender sensitivity, such houses are being nowadays referred to as servants-quarters.
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