How our government’s attempts to do too many things for all citizens spreads our meager resources too thin THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Poor countries suffer a fundamental contradiction in both design and aspiration. The state is designed and thus seeks to perform functions exactly like states …
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The powerful people behind Bemanya Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) looks like a typical company in shambles. In April 2017 it run to court to block a petition seeking to wound it up partly owing to Shs709 billion debts it had accumulated over the years. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The scandal about Uganda Telecom Limited-UTL could be a ploy to privatize the company, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has noted. Last month, the Aringa South MP, Alioni Yorke Odria tabled shocking documents indicating that government’s efforts to carry …
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Behind Nakalema, Akullo investigation Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | At 10am on June 12 Col. Edith Nakalema, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Grace Akullo and their team arrived at Bank of Uganda (BoU). Nakalema who is the head of the Anti-corruption Unit-State House and Akullo who is the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commissioner for Customs Dicksons Kateshumbwa has been elected Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council in Brussels. Kateshumbwa has been the WCO East and South African region Vice Chairman. The Uganda Revenue Authority customs takes over from Uruguay’s Enrique Canon. “I thank the Global …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Police Commander Norman Musinga has launched a hunt for drivers with unsettled traffic penalties. The traffic police estimate that express penalty receipts worth 52 billion Shillings have not been cleared since 2007. Musinga says that traffic police officers have been deployed …
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Researches, experts say there is limited evidence to show these offers attract investors Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Tax incentives are part of Uganda government’s top priorities for attracting foreign investors and new businesses. From prospective investments in agribusiness to hospitality, and from steel to textile industries, tax incentives …
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What went wrong? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | “This is a serious issue,” muttered Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile when he heard about at it. A plane chartered to transport new currency notes to Uganda from France had on April 27 landed at Entebbe Airport with cargo not …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority’s new scanners at the borders have started bearing fruit, as early today the tax collectors intercepted a Kenyan registered truck at Busia border smuggling two people in boxes into Uganda. URA says the truck registration number KCT 230T reached Busia border …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Aviation Authority –CAA never dealt directly with the Central Bank on matters relating to a chartered plane that was carrying Printed currency notes from abroad. The clarification came in relation to questionable cargo that was found on a plane chartered to deliver …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
