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EXPELLED: 5 St Mary’s Kitende Students Sent Home For Supporting URA FC

EXPELLED: 5 St Mary’s Kitende Students Sent Home For Supporting URA FC

By Our Reporters ENTEBBE, Uganda [SHIFT MEDIA] As scores of students returned home for their first term holidays, parents of five senior six candidates at St Mary’s Kitende are in tears after their students were…

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RAMPAGE: Revenue Collecting Body On Spot Over Smuggler Deaths In West Nile

RAMPAGE: Revenue Collecting Body On Spot Over Smuggler Deaths In West Nile

By Our Correspondent KOBOKO, Uganda [SHIFTEMEIDA NEWS]  The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)  has come under criticism over high-handedness of its enforcement officers while dealing with suspected smugglers in West Nile region. On several occasions URA…

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TOUGH: Gaddafi Sweat Out With Tax Collectors In  1-1 Draw In Jinja

TOUGH: Gaddafi Sweat Out With Tax Collectors In 1-1 Draw In Jinja

By OKELLO ALLAN JINJA, Uganda SHIFTMEDIA It as a tough year beginning for Gaddafi Football Club after they were squeezed by the Tax Agents Uganda Revenue Authority to a one-all draw at the Gaddafi Arena…

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TAX ISSUES: East African States Agree To Fast Track Harmonization Of Tax Laws To Ease Free Movement Of Goods And Services

TAX ISSUES: East African States Agree To Fast Track Harmonization Of Tax Laws To Ease Free Movement Of Goods And Services

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- The East African partner states are set to roll out a robust harmonised tax policies starting next month, a senior government official has disclosed. Director Economic Affairs Planning Ministry of Finance,…

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Gender Tax Issues, Government Tasked To Strike A Balance On Taxation

Gender Tax Issues, Government Tasked To Strike A Balance On Taxation

By Our Reporter KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- Uganda has over the years fostered women’s participation in the economy through gender-responsive policy and programs, policy dialogues and advocacy to leverage resources. According to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs…

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REVEALED: How Under Declaration Of Armoured Car Caused Bobi Wine’s Trouble

REVEALED: How Under Declaration Of Armoured Car Caused Bobi Wine’s Trouble

By Our Reporter KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA- The controversy regarding Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine’s armoured car is far from over. Apparently, it has emerged that the officials at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) were asleep…

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BUSTED: Cross-Border Smuggling, Corrupt Customs Officials Hurting Domestic Revenue Collection

BUSTED: Cross-Border Smuggling, Corrupt Customs Officials Hurting Domestic Revenue Collection

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA– Many development projects have been lined up for implementation in the FY 2021/2022, but issues of low revenue collections remain a ‘thorn in flesh’ regarding the achievements of these projects. The…

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WARNING: “Declare Source Of Armoured Car, Or Government Owns It”-IGG Tells Bobi Wine

WARNING: “Declare Source Of Armoured Car, Or Government Owns It”-IGG Tells Bobi Wine

KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA- The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has given National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine until March 31st to declare his armoured (bulletproof) car donation or risk losing it to government.…

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CLINCHED: Former Tooro United Defender, Katongole Joins URA On One Year Loan

CLINCHED: Former Tooro United Defender, Katongole Joins URA On One Year Loan

BY OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Tax Collectors, Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club, are in the skies after signing former Tooro United defender Faruku Katongole on a one-year loan. In a message released on Monday, URA…

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DEAL: Clubs To Share Stanbic Bank’s Shs 60m After Cancelled Tournament

DEAL: Clubs To Share Stanbic Bank’s Shs 60m After Cancelled Tournament

BY OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA|Ugandan clubs that didn’t make it in the aborted 46th edition of the Uganda cup will share the shs 60 million stake donated by Stanbic Bank, the tournament sponsors. Stanbic Bank…

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