Month: August 2022

BY IMMACULATE WANYENZE In a bid to professionalise the Clearing and Forwarding industry on the latest trends and practices, more than 2,000 clearing agents have benefited from the East African Customs Freight Forwarding Certificate(EACFFC) across the East African region. Last week, URA passed out another cohort of 194 graduates at Mestil hotel in Kampala. These …

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By Taxman Writer Recently, URA intercepted a passenger arriving at Entebbe International Airport aboard Uganda Airlines at about 12:30pm. He was trolleying his “32 Star television” placed in a Hisense box. Upon scanning his packages, the image analysis revealed that additional items were concealed within the box as opposed to a single television set. This …

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BY IMMACULATE WANYENZE Following an interception of three containers carrying Ivory and pangolin scales in 2019 by Customs, the items where officially handed over to Uganda Wildlife Authority on Tuesday for safe custody and further management. In 2019, two nationalities of Vietnam origins were arrested and charged in courts of law for trading in endangered …

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