By Irene Kabakama URA has joined the list of entities contributing to the success of Kyabazinga’s wedding due this Saturday. The tax body led by Commissioner General John Musinguzi handed over a cheque for Ugx 26 million to the Chairman of the Royal wedding committee, Eng. Patrick Batumbya today at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala. Batumbya …
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By Kamugisha Kabahweza Allan The customs enforcement team in Jinja has impounded six vehicles for conveying uncustomed rice. Philip Ofubo, a customs officer attached to the Jinja office identified the vehicles as a Toyota Wish UBK101R, a Taxi UAW376M, a Toyota Nadia UAX491M, a Toyota Corona UAK643T, a FUSO truck UBN075J, and a cement truck …
Despite the taxman nooze, smugglers continue to hatch tricks. Last week , the customs team in Jinja was tipped on a canter registration number UBH257J which had been loaded with smuggled goods to Kampala. Since URA has intensified intelligence guided operations, a team was immediately deployed to beat their “intelligence”. “Our team swung into action …
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URA has continued to crack a whip on all those found in possession of contraband cosmetics to protect the lives of Ugandans and encourage fair competition. Recently, the customs team in fort portal were led to an identified store in which they discovered a smuggled consignment from DRC. They were 85 cartons of assorted cosmetics. …
For habitual smugglers, it is obvious that they have an idea of URA enforcement operations including their known vehicles that they use during interceptions. However, URA staff have not given up the fight against the vice. In Jinja, the only tactic the team applied was to change a vehicle. This gave comfort to the smugglers …
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Last Thursday in an intelligence led operation, the Jinja enforcement team intercepted truck number UBN075J that was conveying Pakistan re-bagged rice. The team received intelligence of a truck that was headed to Kampala with concealed Pakistan rice. “The local rice was placed on top in branded bags of kaka while the Pakistan rice was concealed under,” Philip Ofubo narrated. …
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The main goal of most smugglers is the “get-rich-quick” mission. They completely ignore the risks involved with smuggling and keep trying their luck. I am sure this is the same reasoning the smugglers recently caught in Mutukula had. From intelligence reports, they were repetitive offenders who often used porous routes through Mutukula to find their …
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By Akinyi Winiefred URA has opened a regional office in Masaka. The new office, located on plot 31 Muwenda Mutebi Road will serve as the URA service center for the South Western region. Speaking at the grand opening in Masaka today, the Commissioner General John Musinguzi said the development is aimed at improving accessibility of …
By Immaculate Wanyenze Following a successful symposium held in 2021on threats affecting intelligence information collection on economic crime, the URA and representatives from different Government Ministries, Departments Agencies, Law enforcement agencies and Intelligence organizations met and agreed on a strategic approach to address vice. Yesterday, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Kampala Serena Hotel …
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