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Members of parliament hailing from West Nile have expressed their disappointment over Uganda Revenue Authority enforcement officers methods of collecting tax . The MPs accuse the officers of subjecting people to ‘inhuman methods’ of collecting tax in the West Nile sub region and the entire country. This follows last week’s incident were UPDF officers attached […]
Sports Club Villa unveiled Deo Sserwadda as a new head coach at Jevine Hotel in Ndeeba on Sunday 26 June 2016. The former SC Villa who won the league in 2006 and the Uganda Cup in 2005 with Uganda Revenue Authority replaces Ibrahim Kirya as the new head coach. The CAF B license holder signed […]
Civil Society Organizations have asked Uganda Revenue Authority to exercise total transparency and equity when taxing them. Speaking at a dialogue between URA and Civil Society, the executive director Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda Cissy Kagaba said URA is being used to restrain organizations that are critical of government. She said that some of the taxes levied on these […]
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) football club wins the Azam Uganda super league after securing a 1-1 draw with express at Mutessa II stadium on Tuesday 23, 2016. KCC came into the game with a draw enough if title challengers Vipers SC could not get maximum points against Uganda Revenue Authority at Buikwe stadium. The […]
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) impounded 152 tortoises reportedly smuggled from the Northern District of Nakapiripirit and handed them back to Uganda Wild life authority (UWA). The tortoises that had been concealed in sacks were displayed by URA officials at the media conference in Kampala. The assistant commissioner enforcement at URA Agnes Nabwire said that […]
The private sector and business community have tasked the East African legislative Assembly to engage the two heads of state from Kenya and Uganda to resolve on the issue of exporting Ugandan sugar to Kenya. The private sector and business community represented by the members of the Uganda Manufacturer Association, Uganda Bureau of standards and Uganda […]
The Minister for Ethics and integrity Father Simon Lokodo has applauded the Uganda Revenue Authority for an initiative to block the intending individuals to contest in any political elective position if they have no tax clearance certificates. This came as the URA introduced the tax clearance certificate to anyone who intends to contest in the upcoming […]
Uganda Revenue Authority has revealed that there has been a huge decline in cigarette smuggling in the year 2014/15 compared to 2013/14. The Supervisor Customs Enforcement- URA, Armstrong Turyakira, says since 2013 to date a total of 7.1 million sticks were impounded compared to 12.6 seized in 2008/09. Turyakira attributes the reduction to the war in South Sudan and opening of new factory […]
The select committee of Parliament that investigated allegations on the National Social Security Fund irregularities and allegations of nepotism has tabled a report before parliament pinning top officials in government and NSSF over mismanagement of NSSF. The report implicates the former finance minister Gerald Sendaula, the Board Chairman Ivan Kyayonka, Deputy Executive Director NSSF Geraldine […]