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18/05/2024

18/05/2024

Are you ready for the second phase of our nationwide tour? The Revolutionary Train begins in KAMULI on Wednesday next week!

18/05/2024

Two Online Journalists Arrested Over URA Staff Story Released On Police Bond

Two online journalists working with The Inspector, an online news portal, Richard Kintu and Henry Mulindwa, who were arrested yesterday Friday, have been released on police bond. The journalists had been detained at Jinja Road Police Station over a story involving Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) staff, Francis Wodero.

The story originated from an internal memo revealing that Wodero was under investigation for allegedly aiding major taxpayers in evading substantial tax burdens by tampering with ledger tracking systems, which significantly affected accurate tax obligations, that's according to sources with in URA.

The memo, which was internal was intercepted by the journalists and attached it it on the story, to the annoyance of the highly connected 'money-bag', Wodero.

The Memo, which has not been denied by URA leadership indicated that a company named Services and Computer Industries (U) Limited had its VAT returns for August 2014 and April 2015 allegedly altered, causing significant losses to the national treasury amounting to billions. The URA had focused on Wodero, accusing him of manipulating the tax body’s records in 2021 while working in the Larger Taxpayers Office, which handles high-value taxpayers like telecoms and industries.

Furthermore, the story alleged that in this particular case, the company under query, inspectors said it's VAT returns were in the region of Shs10bn but this amount kept thinning until it became mere millions of shillings, the reason investigations have now kicked off.

Now inside sources who preferred to remain anonymous have revealed that the investigations are still ongoing at URA against Wodero, whom we've learnt is as connected as a cobweb to power brokers.

Despite the memo's authenticity, the journalists were charged with cybercrime and Male-Kiwanuka Mabirizi, who offered free legal advice to the journalists, pointed out that if the memo had not

18/05/2024

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17/05/2024

1900 ,You are both legends
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Throw back when Juliana premiered her song of WOMAN
Who can guess the year it was😀

17/05/2024

Efris is bitting Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)

17/05/2024

Economy !

16/05/2024

why transfer such a headmaster ?
Now see the teachers crying !

15/05/2024

https://thestandard.co.ug/2024/05/15/why-ugandan-ministers-hide-cash-houses-in-europe-u-s/

15/05/2024

https://kampalaeye.co.ug/politics/has-museveni-turned-uganda-into-a-kingdom-or-his-property-see-how-all-his-family-members-have-taken-over-key-government-military-positions/

Uganda has literally become a family business of sorts after President Yoweri Museveni’s family members, relatives and friends taking over control of key government and security positions.It should be noted that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has been at the helm of Ugandan politics since ...

14/05/2024

Melinda French Gates said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has helped lead since 2000.

14/05/2024

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13/05/2024

A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone.

13/05/2024

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