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[ad_1] To the chagrin of everyone, the Ugandan government has implemented taxes on social media and mobile money, surely one of the most regressive measures taken by an African government in the …
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[ad_1] The Uganda Ministry of Finance revised the controversial mobile money taxes, adopting the levy reduction of 1% to 0.5%, adding that it will only be levied on withdrawals and not on …
Read More »Taxman: We lost Sh 36 billion in taxes due to sugar imports :: Kenya
[ad_1] KRA Commissioner General John Njiraini (right) with Commissioner Julius Musyoki and when they appeared before MPs on Tuesday [Boniface Okendo, Standard] The government lost 36 billion shillings duty-free for sugar imports. …
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