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MTN Uganda CEO Wim Vanhellepute (left) and UCC Ag. Executive Director, Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo exchange license agreements on July 10th, 2020. MTN, starting July 1st, 2020, acquired a 12-year 2nd National Operating License, at a fixed cost of USD100 million. Immediately after the new license, UCC in a letter dated July 22, 2020, directed MTN to pay USD14,140,030 as transitional licence fees for the transitional period October 21, 2018 to June 30 2020, an amount MTN contested in court and lost. PHOTO/Courtesy

MTN Uganda to Appeal High Court Ruling on US$14.4m license case against UCC

MTN Uganda has responded to a ruling by the High Court where the telecom giant lost a casein which it was challenging the payment of US$14, 140,030 (UGX50 billion) as license fees

May 4, 2021

The Big Story

Former Coffee Marketing Board head offices in Bugolobi, Kampala. Ex employees of the Board want their terminal benefits enhanced with interest. Courtesy photo

Ex Coffee Marketing Board Employees Lose Bid to Increase Terminal Benefits, Ordered to Pay Costs

Terminal benefits for the former employees of the defunct Coffee Marketing Board (CMB) will have to be reduced to pay legal costs incurred by the government in defending the case which sought

April 28, 2021

Banking & Financial Services

Bobi Wine with his bullet proof vehicle. Courtesy photo

Court Grants URA Permission to Reassess Bobi Wine’s Vehicle

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will go ahead and reassess Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s car after he lost the bid to block the taxman from recalling his car. Bobi Wine’s application was

April 7, 2021

Banking & Financial Services·Company News

Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya. Commissioner for Legal Services and Board Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority

LANDMARK RULING: Court Clears URA on Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS)

The High Court of Uganda, sitting in Kampala, has ruled that the Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) legally exercised discretionary powers when he issued a General Notice requiring all VAT

January 22, 2021

Banking & Financial Services

Roko is active in Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and DR Congo. Courtesy photo

Trouble erupts as Roofings Limited Petitions for Roko Construction’s insolvency over US$2m

The construction industry was thrown into shock on Monday 14th December 2020 when Roofings Limited and Roofings Rolling Mills Limited filed a public notice of an insolvency petition against Roko Construction Limited,

December 15, 2020

Company News·The Big Story

Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi will appear before the High Court at the next convenient session

Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson committed to High Court for trial

The chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, has been committed to High Court for trial on accusations of corruption and mismanagement of millions of taxpayers’ money. The Anti-corruption

November 24, 2020

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