A nationwide internet shutdown during Uganda’s elections disrupted customs clearance, stranding hundreds of trucks and ...

Uganda is to roll out a modern customs system, which has been piloted in Jinja, to the rest of the country. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) automated system for customs data (ASYCUDA) allows ...

What you need to know: These disruptions directly reduce output, profits, and employment. In turn, they erode Corporate Income Tax, PAYE, VAT, excise duty, and customs-linked revenues. Uganda’s recent ...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has restricted the importation of all Starlink satellite internet equipment into the country. The December 19, memo from the office of the Customs Control Department ...

Uganda should raise income taxes and end preferential tax treatment for politicians and military officers to lift low revenue collection, the World Bank said. The East African nation’s tax revenue as ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya said it would cut red tape holding up millions of dollars of imports into its landlocked neighbours Rwanda and Uganda, by letting the countries collect customs on goods as ...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has attributed its shortfall in revenue collection for the second half of 2025 to disruptions caused by the 2026 election period.Between July and December 2025, the ...

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). She is currently involved in a project focused on analysing ...