By Samuel Wamuttu on January 6, 2017
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has come out to defend the reward of over $1.6m (about 6 billion Uganda shillings) to civil servants who participated in a Uganda government legal battle with a UK-based Heritage Oil Company. In a press statement released on Thursday, Sarah Birungi Banage, the Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs with […]
By Isaac Senabulya on December 6, 2016
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The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (CCOSASE) recently pinned the former Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) directors for forging contract documents in the awarding of a 138 billion shillings contract. According to the auditor general’s report of 2013/14 there was variation on the dates of signing and awarding contracts meant for […]
By Isaac Senabulya on September 22, 2016
Abdul Katuntu, admitted that there has been a delay to secure the insurance for Kyoga one ferry, Allen Kagina, Anita Among, Committee Chaired by the Member of Parliament for Bugweri County, Elijah Okupa, Executive Director UNRA, Katuntu told UNRA officials to insure this ferry, Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, MPs grilled the Director Road Infrastructure protection at UNRA, MPs who included; that of Kasilo County, Reuben Byaruhanga Tumwebaze, saying that it was caused by the bureaucracy with the insurance company which they had identified to do the job., Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), UNRA commissioned the operation of Kyoga one ferry on Zengebe –Namasare between Nakasongola and Amolter district without insurance, warning that he will order police to put to rest its operations if its insurance is not secured soon, Woman MP for Bukedea
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Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have directed the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to stop authorizing vessels operating on waters without being insured. The directive was given following a discovery by the legislators that UNRA commissioned the operation of Kyoga one ferry on Zengebe –Namasare between […]
By Gerald Businge on August 25, 2016
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The executive director of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Allen Kagina wants government to reduce on making direct procurement as this limits its chance of negotiating contracts. Kagina said this as she was appearing before parliament’s accountability committee as members on the committee raised queries on why the authority had to hire another consultation firm for the Kampala […]
By Isaac Senabulya on June 5, 2015
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President Museveni has warned all those who have been diverting money for the road sector to watch out as the former URA boss Allen Kagina has joined the sector. The President made his remarks while delivering the State of the Nation address yesterday at the Serena hotel Kampala. He highlighted Government’s achievements which included improved infrastructure […]
By Zakaria Tiberindwa on February 26, 2015
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Members of Parliament have honored former Uganda Revenue Authority boss Allen Kagina for her exemplary service during her tenure at the helm of Uganda’s tax body Bulamogi County MP Kenneth Lubogo moved the motion to recognize Kagina as an exceptional civil servant and it was seconded by Nakasongola Moman Mp Margaret Komuhangi. Kagina transformed the […]
By Gerald Businge on July 29, 2011
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The Uganda Revenue Authority has collected 7000 million shillings from the resisted property transfers in the operation it effected in the last one month. The commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority Allen Kagina said that government has been losing a lot of revenue through uncollected tax on property transfers. She said that all property transfers […]
By Gerald Businge on July 19, 2011
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The Uganda Revenue Authority says government of Uganda losses about 1.8 trillion shillings (30 %) of its tax revenues collected annual to smugglers and tax evaders contributing to loss on money that is needed for the country’s economic development A report released today by the Uganda Revenue Authority indicates that about 1.8 trillion shillings goes […]
By Gerald Businge on July 14, 2011
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The commissioner general of the Uganda revenue authority has explained the rise in the cost of sugar despite the government announcing a reduction in excise duty on sugar in the 2011/2012 budget speech. Alen Kagina has told MPS on the finance committee that hike is as a result of a fail in supply from sugar […]
By Gerald Businge on June 10, 2011
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Uganda revenue authority says it will be able to recover all the revenue that has been loosed in the first cuts in the next financial year. In the budget that was read early this week on Wednesday by the finance minister Maria Kiwanuka reviled that government could loss ( 50% ) 8.5 billion shillings in […]