Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has asked the parliamentary committee on Physical Infrastructure to include the creation of an independent landlord-tenant tribunal in the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2013. This was one of the proposals KACITA Chairman Everest Kayondo presented to the committee on the …
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THIS WEEK: Traders welcome Landlords and Tenants Bill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders have welcomed the Landlords and Tenants Bill which will put an end to the practice of charging rent on commercial and residential property countrywide in foreign currency especially dollars. Cabinet already approved the bill and it …
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TradeMark East Africa invests US$117 bn in customs facilities Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Doing business in East Africa has improved in the recent years with the operationalization of the One Stop Border Points (OSBP). TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), through funding from UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Global …
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How addition of Single Customs Territory is changing cross-border business Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Imagine you are a trader in Uganda importing goods requiring 500 trucks. Under what has until now been the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) system, each truck would require its own customs clearance entry costing …
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ANALYSIS: Anger, anxiety, unease over Buganda monarch’s fights over land Kampala, Uganda| Andrew S. Kaggwa | Buganda kingdom Prime Minister, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga could be punished with a sacking over court cases over land involving his boss, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Muwenda II. At least that is what some of …
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Traders say increase in taxes, fees, will increase the cost of doing business The cost of living in Kampala is set to rise if the City Authority Council passes the new proposal seeking to slap new taxes and hike the existing ones on various services in a bid to raise …
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Business leaders want economic reforms to boost the economy Planned government borrowing and increased taxes to fund the Shs29 trillion budget for financial year 2017/2018 have left investors and business leaders worried about the coming year, ahead of the budget announcement next week, an informal survey by The Independent has …
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Indians, local traders struggle as red dragon invades retail If any one place can be described as the heartbeat of Uganda’s retail business, it is Kikuubo Road; a half kilometer road in down town Kampala, that is an open market yard. At any time of day it is so packed …
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Ugandan traders reacted with glee when parliament inserted a clause in the Income Tax Amendment Bill prohibiting charging of rent in dollars. The clause stipulates that all agreements on rent shall be executed and effected in no other currency other than Ugandan shillings. This was the result of persistent complaints …
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Consumers want the cheap prices but local traders want the profits Hostility towards Chinese petty traders appears to be growing in Uganda but so is the dependence on Chinese imports. On April 19, the hostility erupted once again as hundreds of traders in the capital city, Kampala, staged a closed-shop …
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