Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bus companies have revised transport fares ahead of their anticipated return on the road, two months after President Yoweri Museveni suspended public transport to contain the spread of COVID-19. The buses are set to resume operations tomorrow June 4 on condition that each vehicle carries …
Read More »Uganda Securities Exchange gives green light over AGMs
The delay and postponement of 2020 AGMs means that the final dividend payment may not be paid on time Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Now Uganda’s listed companies have until July.30 to hold their Annual General Meetings and determine their future growth, according to Paul Bwiso, the Uganda Securities …
Read More »Local content legislation to boost local entrepreneurs
The law seeks to allocate at least 40% of sub-contracts in public procurement to local companies Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | For quite a while, Uganda’s entrepreneurs have been lagging behind owing to the stiff competition from big foreign firms. But this could soon come to an end following …
Read More »Hoima airport contractor lays off 160 workers
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | SBC, the company contracted by the government to construct Hoima International Airport has laid off 160 workers. The company said in a letter to staff that the decision to lay off the workers was in line with the government guidelines to control the spread of …
Read More »COVID-19: Digital Tax Stamps back on the table
Manufacturers want government to continue footing the bill for due to coronavirus pandemic Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s manufacturers now want government to continue footing the bill for the Digital Tax Stamps (DTS) due to the threat being posed by coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to businesses. DTS are markings …
Read More »Stocks mixed on US riots, virus lockdown easing
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Global stock markets were mixed Monday, with US investors keeping a wary eye on violent anti-racism protests across the country and simmering tensions with China over Hong Kong. In Asia and then Europe, the focus was on the progressive easing of coronavirus lockdowns, offering hope …
Read More »Full list of changes at URA
Sakwa (left) is out, Mukiibi (middle) moved, and Patience T. Rubagumya stays URA Board decision Mukiibi Patrick has been transferred from the position of Commissioner Corporate Services to the position of Commissioner Domestic Taxes Patience T. Rubagumya remains as Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs Herbert Rusoke remains as Commissioner …
Read More »Virus-battered Italy faces worst recession since WWII
Milan, Italy | AFP | Facing its deepest recession since World War II and with business confidence collapsing, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting Italy’s economy hard. Business confidence in the eurozone’s third largest economy in May plummeted to its lowest level since official statistics institute ISTAT started the index in March …
Read More »MUHAKANIZI: Board sanctioned URA management changes
URA Board decision Mukiibi Patrick has been transferred from the position of Commissioner Corporate Services to the position of Commissioner Domestic Taxes Patience T. Rubagumya remains as Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs Herbert Rusoke remains as Commissioner Internal Audit and Compliance Abel Kagumire remains as Acting Commissioner Customs Mathew …
Read More »MTN ordered to pay UGX 44.2b to URA in two court cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecommunications giant MTN Uganda has been ordered to pay Uganda Revenue Authority – URA- 44.2 billion Uganda Shillings in two separate court cases that could forever define how telecoms pay their taxes. In one case, MTN will pay 24.2 billion Shillings on the dispute on …
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