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URSB Deregisters Over 50,000 Companies, Exposing Widespread Dormancy Across Trade, Real Estate, Construction, Transport and Services A comprehensive look at the sectors and businesses affected by deregistration in Uganda as of December 2025.

URSB Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho

Uganda’s business registry has undergone a major reset, with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) deregistering 50,003 companies that failed to comply with statutory filing requirements, revealing deep patterns of dormancy across key sectors of the economy. According to the Registrar of Companies’ notice dated 30 December 2025, the affected entities were struck off after failing to file annual returns for five consecutive years and subsequently failing to apply for restoration within the legally allowed period under the Companies Act. A review of the deregistered entities list shows that the action cuts across multiple sectors, but is particularly concentrated in…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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