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NIRA to conduct civil marriage registration

By Francis Lubega 19th April 2024 Parliament has passed a law transferring powers of conducting civil marriage registration from the Uganda Registration Service Bureau to the National Information Registration Authority (NIRA). The law is called the Registration of Persons Amendments Bill, 2024.   It also mandates NIRA to register all faith-based and customary marriages.   The […]

Leaders of traders to meet President Museveni over EFRIS

By Francis Lubega 17th April 2024 Leaders of various groups of traders within Kampala led by KACITA-Uganda have on Wednesday afternoon been directed to go for COVID test ahead of their meeting with President Museveni on Friday 19th April at State House Entebbe. Earlier plans had indicated that the president would meet all traders at […]

UPC requests URA to review e-receipting system

By Charles Katabalwa 17th April 2024   The opposition Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has pleaded to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to revise the implementation of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS) system which has caused traders to close their shops in protest.   The protest entered the second day with traders affiliated […]

Police arrest eight traders for inciting violence

By Ben Musanje 17th April 2024 Police have released a list of eight Federation of Uganda Trader’s Associations (FUTA) leaders and traders that are detained for inciting violence and attempting to burn tyres in the ongoing demonstration in the city center.   Today has marked the second day of this week’s protest where most of the arcades […]