President Yoweri Museveni last week ordered for the suspension of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official Geoffrey Olaka together with other staff on allegations of refusing to clear the machinery of Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited officials at customs. Dongsong is the Chinese company developing a $620m (Shs2.2 trillion) Osukulu industrial complex in Tororo District which will include […]
Minister of finance Matia Kasaija has apologised to the parliament for the statement he made accusing Parliament of passing a 1% tax on mobile money which wasn’t the position of the Ministry. This happened after Speaker of parliament Rebbecca Kadaga asked Matia Kasaija to make an apology to the parliament during a session on 11th July 2018. Minister Kasaija apologized to MPs for the […]
The secretary to the treasurer, Keith Muhakanizi revealed that government has managed to save over UGX 200bn in the ending financial year which is to be used to fund other government programmes. Muhakanizi while responding to questions from journalists, said, the fund arose from checking on power government spending, coupled with efforts to combat graft among […]