KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Under its new guidelines to streamline passenger baggage clearance procedures, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will now collect taxes on any dutiable items in passenger baggage exceeding 50 kilograms. These goods include phones, shoes, perfumes, clothes, phone accessories, motor vehicle spare parts, Information Technology (IT) …
Read More »KCCA blamed by review board for supervision negligence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA has been condemned by the National Building Review Board for failing to condemn an illegal structure that was flouting technical and legal standards until it collapsed and killed five people in the city earlier this month. The Board that has been investigating …
Read More »NAGIRINYA: Uganda’s Internal Affairs Minister tasked to explain kidnaps, murders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo has been tasked to explain the wave of kidnaps and murders across the country. During Tuesday’s plenary session chaired by Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, the Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake raised a matter of national importance regarding …
Read More »Sorry; no Christmas in Kampala
New regulations hamper businesses in nation’s capital In the past, downtown Kampala has always been the busiest place in the nation. Usually crowded streets like Nabugabo Road, Kikuubo, Ben Kiwanuka Street and Luwum Street become impassable as pedestrians jostle to find a way through the Christmas-themed goods on display. This …
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