Day: April 5, 2024

Three remanded to Luzira over contraband

By Joshua Niyonshima, The Anti-corruption Corruption on Wednesday remanded a pilot and two others over alleged possession of prohibited goods and conveyance of prohibited goods. The accused are Paul Wanjala Mesho a pilot, Kasirye Marvin Caleb and Olof Abraham Don. In a charge sheet accessed by this platform, Paul Wanjala Mesho a pilot, and Kasirye …

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Busia mechanic arrested for impersonation

Thomas Odeke, a 36-year-old mechanic from Busia district has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for impersonating as a URA staff. Odeke was arrested last month following information that he was posing as a URA staff and obtaining money under false pretense. The accused was arraigned before Court on 28th March 2024.He had posed …

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Zambia benchmarks URA’s customs processes

By Joshua Niyonshima Last week, a delegation from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) visited URA to learn from the latter’s automated customs processes. The benchmark visit was aimed at helping the ZRA to automate their goods detention and disposal processes, right from detention and forfeiture to gazetting and final disposal. In light of this, the …

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