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EAC ministers adopt 35 percent common external tariff
KAMPALA– East African Community (EAC) ministers of trade and finance have adopted 35 percent as the 4th band of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), officials say. The Ministers, during a retreat on…
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MPs urge govt to draft comprehensive policy on tax collections
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament [MPs] on Thursday passed a motion urging the government to develop a comprehensive policy to streamline tax collection processes in the country. At a plenary sitting chaired by…
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PAC orders Mulago to let interdicted boss to access office
KAMPALA– The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Medard Sseggona has directed Mulago National Referral Hospital to allow the interdicted Executive Director, Dr. Baterana Byarugaba to temporarily access office. MP Sseggona directed…
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Ministry releases data collection template, cooperatives urged to enroll
NEW DELHI– Moving with a sense of urgency, the Indian Ministry of Cooperation has released a draft Data Collection Template for cooperatives across the states to fill up their details in a…
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MPs, minister clash over proposal to extend tax holiday for power company
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has started understudying the new Tax Bills for the Financial Year 2022/2023, with the legislators questioning government’s proposal to exempt Bujagali Power…
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Encroachers forced to vacate Hoima Sugar Ltd land
KIKUUBE. Security agencies in the Bunyoro region days ago ordered more than 20,000 people who had encroached on Hoima Sugar Limited land to vacate. The encroachers were allowed to take with them…
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Lira receives Shs1b for PDM SACCOs
LIRA – The Lira district Commercial Officer, Santos Olade has cautioned people planning to mismanage the government’s programme of Parish Development Model [PDM] saying whoever is found will not be spared. He says,…
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Centenary Bank gross profit surge 33.6 percent
KAMPALA- Centenary Bank earned gross profit of about Shs 288.5 billion in 2021, which was 33.6 percent growth when compared to about Shs 216 bln earned in 2020. The bank’s Managing Director…
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KCCA opens court to receive property rate cases
KAMPALA – Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Council has approved a new Valuation Court. The court will be responsible for receiving complaints from the landlords aggrieved by the property tax valuations. Samuel…
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Katakwi RDC directs police to arrest wetland encroachers
KATAKWI– The Katakwi Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Godfrey Katamba has directed the police to arrest and prosecute in courts of law people cultivating in wetlands. This comes as a section of members…
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