📌 POSITION | SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE ✳ Manager HR ➡ John Kasangaki ✳ Secretary ➡ Patience Rubagumya ✳ Chief Pilot ➡ Phillip Sebunya ✳ Maintainance ➡ Peter Emuge ✳ Flight Operations ➡ David Kaweesa ✳ Quality monitoring ➡Joseph Adrapi ✳ IT and data ➡ Henry Obare ✳ Cabin services ➡ Johnson Mugume TO BE RE-ADVERTISED ✳ Chief Financial Officer ✳ Head of Ground Operations ✳ Manager Internal Audit Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …
Read More »MALABA: DRC bound fuel truck ambushed, driven to Mbale
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Using the modern Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS), the Uganda Revenue Authority’s security team on Friday rescued a fuel truck that had been hijacked by robbers. According to a statement from URA, their Mbale enforcement team foiled the robbery of the fuel truck that …
Read More »Uganda Breweries Limited gets Authorized Economic Operator status
URA has granted Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) license Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tax body Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) granted Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) license, during an event held at Speke Resort Munyonyo on November 11th 2022. AEO is a trade facilitation …
Read More »MTN Uganda becomes an Authorised Economic Operator
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has been awarded a certificate of recognition from the Uganda Revenue Authority granting it special customs status as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). AEOs are businesses certified by customs administrations to do self-assessments in compliance with customs rules, under the World Customs Organisation …
Read More »URA collects Shs5.4trillion in first quarter of FY2022/23
But it reported revenue shortfall in withholding tax, temporary road license and export levy | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority collected net revenue amounting to Shs5.4trillion against a target of Shs5.1trillion for the three months ending September 30, representing a Shs286billion surplus. This represents a 105.58% improved performance and …
Read More »URA registers increased revenue at Uganda-Rwanda border
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has registered an increase in revenue collection at Katuna following the reopening of the Uganda-Rwanda border. The border reopened on February 31, after three years of closure. Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused Ugandan authorities of spying on Rwanda, abducting Rwandan citizens …
Read More »Landlords, traders in Kalungu protest new tax assessment
Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landlords and traders in Kalungu town council are up in arms against the new property rates and business licenses issued by the authorities. Recently, the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA and Kalungu town council conducted an evaluation of commercial buildings and businesses to determine new property rates …
Read More »Two URA employees awarded UGX 400m for torture
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Uganda Revenue Authority employees have been awarded 400 million Shillings as compensation for the torture they were subjected to while in detention. The two employees; Robert Asiimwe Akanga, a Customs Officer and driver Stevens Kalenga were separately arrested on allegations of stealing USD …
Read More »URA hands over 7 tons of confiscated ivory, pangolin scales to wildlife authority
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has recieved over 7,400 kilograms of endangered wildlife species products from the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The products, mostly pieces of ivory were confiscated over time since 2018 and have been undergoing different procedures including tracing their origins, while some were being used as …
Read More »URA’s Shs25trillion target plan
Commissioner General John Musinguzi outlines ways of hitting this target | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General John Rujoki Musinguzi has outlined his plan that will make it possible for him to achieve the Shs25.1tn target for FY2022/23 set by the Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development. …
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