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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Committee of Parliament has raised concerns over the Bujagali Hydropower Project’s tax waiver, exposing alleged financial miscalculations and possible overcharging of Ugandans. Led by Committee Chairperson Amos Kankunda, the legislators questioned the basis for tariff computation and accused authorities of failing to hold …

ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives has announced a tax waiver for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from Northern Uganda who will participate in the forthcoming East African Trade expo. The expo, now in its 26th edition will be hosted in Juba, South Sudan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has offered a tax waiver on salaries of State prosecutors following their repeated demands to have them exempted from paying taxes. The President announced this on Friday evening while attending the 6th Joan Kagezi Memorial Lecture in Munyonyo which was …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city traders who lost their timber and furniture to fire have written to the speaker of parliament in the request of financial assistance worth 1.5 billion shillings. On 25th October 2021, fire burnt timber kiosks, motor garages destroying property that included; timber, machines, timber stores, …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is set to lose more than 500 billion  Shillings in tax waivers during the 2019/2020 financial year alone, the Uganda Revenue Authority has indicated. A tax waiver is when a company or an individual engaged in a certain activity where they are supposed to …