On March 29th President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in exercise of his powers, relieved Doris Akol of her office as Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority and replaced her with John Musinguzi Rujoki. The news caught the entire country by surprise because Mr. Musinguzi was an ‘outsider’ in the tax world- you may say. Unlike Allen Kagina- URA’s Commissioner-General between 2004 and 2014 and Doris Akol- URA’s Commissioner-General between November 2014 and March 2020, who had worked for 12 years and 19 years respectively, before becoming Commissioner Generals, Musinguzi had zero experience at Uganda Revenue Authority. The closest that he had…
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Exactly two months after replacing Doris Akol, John Musinguzi Rujoki, the new Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner-General has swung his axe, forcing two Commissioners, one Assistant Commissioner and a top tax auditor to resign. Doris Akol was on March 29th removed from Office by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over failing to reign in corruption by top URA officers who were deemed untouchable. However, Akol herself was found out to be clean. The Commissioner Domestic Taxes, Dicksons Collins Kateshumbwa; Assistant Commissioner, Large Taxpayer Office, Silajji Kanyesigye; Commissioner Tax Investigations, Henry Martin Saka and Sam Kahima, a Tax Auditor in the Domestic…
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The immediate implications of COVID-19 do not need to be recounted to an adult who is in control of their faculties. We have all been devastated in all kinds of ways and different arms of government have tried their level best to address issues in their control. At the forefront, the President, the Prime Minister, and Minister for Health were clearly at the front line, and as they say in Swahili, fighting in the trenches bega kwa bega (shoulder to shoulder). The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as usual finds itself in an awkward situation as it tries to execute its…
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Very reliable sources from Statehouse say, President Museveni, this morning fired Doris Akol as Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority for her failure to fight corruption at the institution. “Mzee (President Museveni), cited corruption. Although herself she was very clean, her failure to hold to account other officials at various levels of the organization did her in,” intimated a source at Statehouse, very familiar with the matter. Doris Akol was this morning replaced with, John Musinguzi Rujoki; President Museveni’s Senior Presidential Advisor on ICT and Investment. Tweeting this morning, Museveni said the appointment takes immediate effect. Indeed, Doris Akol, who…
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today made two significant appointments in the economy. He has appointed Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego as Bank of Uganda’s Deputy Governor, replacing Dr. Louis Kasekende whose contract expired on January 14th, 2020. He has also appointed, John Musinguzi Rujoki, his former Senior Presidential Advisor on ICT and Investment, as the new Commissioner General for Uganda Revenue Authority, replacing Doris Akol. It is however not clear why Doris Akol has been replaced since she had just started her second four-year term as the tax authority’s Commissioner-General. “By virtue of powers granted to me by the Constitution, I…
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