Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Registration Services Bureau has explained that the ongoing deregistration of companies targets several areas of compliance on top of failure to file annual returns. Last month, a notice from URSB stated that a total of 186,000 companies had been struck off the register …
Read More »URSB deletes a tenth of registered companies over returns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 10 percent of registered companies in Uganda have been struck off the national register for violating operational requirements. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau, URSB, says the 875 companies had not submitted their annual performance returns for the last five years as per the law, …
Read More »Three way battle for copyright of ‘Omalako Jaja Tova Kumain’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Registrar of Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Ronald Lutunde, has called upon three claimants of the political slogan ‘Omalako Jaja Tova Kumain’ to provide evidence substantiating their claims. The claimants include social media critic Frank Gashumba, Lwengo District LC V Chairperson, and the NRM …
Read More »URSB trains judicial officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Insolvency practice has become global and dynamic in nature to the extent that, key players in the in insolvency practice require continued training and sensitization about new critical insolvency practical aspects. Business has been identified as one of the biggest life bloods to Uganda’s economy. …
Read More »URSB celebrates customer engagement week 2022
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), a national government registrations body, on Dec 16th, closed its Customer Engagement Week 2022, a week-long celebration to recognize their clients across Uganda and elsewhere. Running from December 12th – 16th 2022, the Customer Engagement Week is an annual event …
Read More »DPP signs memorandum of understanding with URSB for joint prosecutions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Uganda Registrations Services Bureau have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen prosecution of cases arising from laws administered by URSB. URSB has a mandate to enforce laws related to interfering with intellectual property rights, …
Read More »Govt clamps down on 54 NGOs
Move follows banning of more than 12,000 CSOs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Civil society organisations have reacted with dissatisfaction at the government’s closure and suspension of 54 NGOs many of which work in the areas of transparency, accountability and governance across the country. On Aug.20, the National Bureau …
Read More »URSB: Commercializing intellectual property while creating employment
LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | As Uganda celebrates the International Labour Day on 1st May, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) celebrates the Workers of Uganda for being the champions of our nation’s national development. At the national level, the theme earmarked for the International Labour day celebrations falls within …
Read More »URSB partners with Muslim center for justice to popularize marriage registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Registration Service Bureau-URSB has entered a partnership with the Muslim Center for Justice and Law-MCJL to popularise the registration of marriages in the Muslim community. Through a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the URSB offices in Kampala, the two shall run joint campaigns to …
Read More »Funeral service companies in court over trade name
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two funeral service firms are locked up in a court battle over a trading name. A-Plus Funeral Management Limited has sued A-Class Funeral Services Uganda Limited and Uganda Registration Services Bureau for registering a name similar to theirs. Through its lawyers of Buwule and Mayiga …
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