The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has destroyed more than 100 tons of goods found without Digital Tax Stamps (DTS), intensifying its crackdown on tax evasion and substandard products in the market.The destruction took place on April 30, 2025, at Luweero Industries Ltd in Nakasongola Distr
Retailers engage with UNBS over standards. PHOTO URNKAMPALA, UGANDA | Retailers in and around Kampala have blamed the continued presence of counterfeit and substandard products in their stores on the Uganda National Bureau of Standar
A Ugandan woman was arrested at Entebbe International Airport after attempting to smuggle 76 smartphones.The woman, who has not been publicly identified, arrived at the airport disguised as heavily pregnant.
The British American Tobacco team led by Chris Achola, Cluster Head BAT East and Southern Africa met with URA to identify ways on curbing illicit trade in cigarettes in the East African region. During the meeting held at URA headquarters, Nakawa BAT proposed different ways through which
A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world's largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting betw
The theft of blood by a cartel of health workers at Nabiganda Health Centre IV in Butaleja District has placed hundreds of people meant to benefit at risk.An investigation carried out by Uganda Blood Transfusion S
Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spokespersonThe Ugandan Department of Inspection and Legal Services, under the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, has deported over 300 illegal immigrants.This followed a six-month security operation targeting il
