Trade
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Oil and gas sector activities boost tax revenue in August 2023
KAMAPALA, September 22, 2023 – Tax revenue collections in August amounted to about Shs 1,990.91 billion, which was Shs 6.98 billion above the target, according to the Performance of the Economy Report…
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Ensuring quality standards: Regulators want grain farmers to have modern storage facilities
MUBENDE, September 20, 2023 – Farmers have been urged to work in groups and cooperatives and establish modern storage facilities as a measure to close quality gaps that have affected Uganda’s grain…
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Uganda’s coffee exports surge in August 2023
KAMAPALA, September 18, 2023 – Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2023, the highest ever, hit 743,517 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 121.64 million, a rise of 48.19 percent and 70.73 percent in quantity…
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City authorities, fishmongers in stand-off over rental fees
MBARARA – Authorities in Mbarara City say they have so far lost revenue of Shs 18 million that was supposed to be collected as rental fees from fresh fish vendors operating in…
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Wakiso khat growers and traders threaten to demonstrate over Narcotics Bill
WAKISO, September 14, 2023 – Khat growers and traders in Wakiso district have threatened to demonstrate should President Yoweri Museveni assent to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023 reintroduced by the government. The…
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Investors decry dire state of roads in Amuru
AMURU – Investors in Amuru district in northern Uganda have appealed to government to urgently intervene and work on roads, saying they are finding it hard to transport their goods to the…
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Africa coffee exports drop 1.1 percent as Uganda and Tanzania register growth
KAMPALA, September 8, 2023 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 1.1 percent to 1.37 million bags in July 2023 from 1.39mln bags in July 2022, the International…
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MPs pass returned Competition Bill
KAMPALA – Parliament has reconsidered and passed the Competition Bill which was earlier returned by the President on July 24, 2023. President Yoweri Museveni declined to sign the Bill first passed by…
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New thrust toward free movement in the COMESA region as officials meet in Lusaka
LUSAKA – Ministers responsible for immigration and labour matters in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] have renewed their countries commitment to the implementation of the regional protocols on free…
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NTBs and national protection impeding intra-EAC trade, says official
ARUSHA – Non-tariff Barriers [ NTBs ] and protectionism at the national level have been identified as the key factors impeding the growth of intra-EAC trade. The East African Community [EAC] Secretary…
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