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Garments import tax: KACITA gives government two weeks ultimatum

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala City Traders Association-KACITA has given the government a two-week ultimatum to harmonize the import duty tax on clothes or they close their shops come September 1, 2021. The traders are dissatisfied with the new tax policy which pushed the import duty tax on …

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Covid-19 directives: KCCA shuts non compliant arcades

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started sealing off all arcades that have failed to comply with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs meant to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30th, while lifting the 42 days lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni allowed city arcades to resume operations under …

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Traders seek more funding to recover from lockdown effects

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala based traders have asked the government to make more money accessible to small scale traders through the Uganda Microfinance support centre. Issa Ssekitto, the spokesperson of Kampala City Traders Association-KACITA, an umbrella for the business community, says that businesses need a stimulus to …

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