The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is hosting Partner States from the East African Community (EAC) to develop harmonised procedures for calibration and verification of road tankers, to facilitate trade.

The Minister of State for Trade, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has reaffirmed his commitment to support UNBS activities geared towards facilitating trade, improving the competiveness of Uganda products and protecting Ugandan consumers against substandard products.

John Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of the URA Authority, has urged clearing and forwarding agents to adhere to the set guidelines to ensure a smooth flow of trade.

The Uganda Revenue Authority on Tuesday engaged taxpayers under the umbrella of the Small-Scale Industries Association (USSIA) on matters of compliance, business formalization, and the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS), amongst many other things.

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa, has inaugurated a new ten-member board; The National Standards Council (NSC), that will provide oversight and policy guidance to the UNBS to ensure effective service delivery.

The URA Tax Literacy Unit recently conducted a client onboarding session for new taxpayers operating within Kampala East Quarters. The taxpayers were given an expositional study on the different tax regimes.

The Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority, John Rujoki Musinguzi, in the company of PSST Ramathan Ggoobi, recently met traders under their umbrella body, the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), to harmonize the valuation of the importation of used clothes.

R. Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of the URA has appealed to Ugandans to promote the usage of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) by requesting for fiscalized receipts whenever they buy goods and get VAT-related services.

A traveller aboard an inbound flight from Dubai has been nabbed with “fake hips” that were discovered to be smuggling smart phones. The lady discovered that in fact “her hips did lie” when 40 pieces of phones were found strapped to her hips and in her bosom, hidden beneath several layers of clothing.