![The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018: The key Income Tax reforms proposed include: Exemption from tax on income derived by operators and investors of an industrial park or free zone. It specifically exempts: (i) The income of a new developer of an industrial park or free zone whose investment capital is at least US$200m for a period of 10 years from the date of commencement of construction. (ii) The income of an operator in an industrial park or free zone or […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Taxes.1.jpg)
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![It is now seventeen years since Uganda last conducted elections for Local council one (LC1) leaders in 2001. Apparently, the LC1 leaders in place are those who were elected seventeen years or replaced when the previous LC1 died. The elections have always been postponed on several occasions. The most recent one is that of last year which was meant to take place in November but was paused by the court case (James Tweheyo and others Vs Uganda Electoral Commission, November 21st 2017) that […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lc1-elections-960x630.jpg)
![The parliament of Uganda on May 30ththis year passed the Excise duty (Amendment), Bill 2018 which among other things involved amending Section 4 of the Excise Duty Act, 2014 by including sub-section 5 which provides that a telecommunications service operator providing data used for assessing over the top services is liable to account for and pay excise duty on the access to the over the top services. It also involved the amendment of the Schedule 2 to the principal Act […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Social-Media-Tax-Banner.jpg)
![The digital era, which has swept across the whole world, is upon us as is evident in the numbers of people who have switched from analog to digital. Ugandans, especially the youth, have incredibly embraced the scrolling of electronic pages on their smart-phones, tablets, and other electronic gadgets. This dispensation has lured the older generation too with a sizeable number of this demographic going digital. We have integrated social media platforms into our day-to-day communications and interactions using WhatsApp, Twitter, […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Data-Protection-Word-Cloud-e1529568362909.jpg)
![The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry andFisheries in Financial Year 20l7/18 was allocated Shs. 866.757 billion out of which Shs. 74.471bi11ion was for wage recurrent, Shs. I49.425 billion was for non-wage recurrent while Shs.624.535 billion was for capital development, Shs. 1.556 billion was for arrears and Shs.36,687 billion was Non-TaxRevenue (NTR). The Agriculture Committee in this report observed among others that there were inadequate extension services across the country mainly attributed to the low extension to farmer ratio of 1:1800 […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/agric-1400x912.jpg)
![A number of community advocates on health matters have petitioned the speaker of parliament seeking action against absentee health workers in public facilities. The group which has spread its operations in at least 16 districts working with different civil societies presented its findings to the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga on Thursday, highlighting major risks suffered by patients. In 2016, the Report notes that a one Christine Adoch, a mother from Kalamoni village, Paidwe Parish located in Bobi Sub County in Omoro […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FwUg4050pix.gif)
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Former MPs ask Speaker Kadaga for financial assistance
A number of former lawmakers met with Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, yesterday to seek financial assistance. The group is chaired by former Attorney General, Mr Joseph Ekemu who also served as Attorney General durin... More »
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Minister Oreym: We do not have labour export agreements the with UAE
The Minister for State Foreign Affairs, Oryem Henry informed Parliament about the lack of labour export agreements between Ugandan Government and the United Arab Emirates. The matter came up during the plenary sitting one 16t... More »
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Parliament adopts report scrapping off LDC pre-entry examination
Parliament last evening adopted the report of the committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which comprised the recommendation for the halting of the administration of Pre-entry examinations by Uganda Law Council for lawy... More »
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Car dealers want importation ban extended to 15 years
Parliament, under the Finance committee is receiving Public hearing on Tax Proposals for FY 2018/19. The tax proposals were presented by Finance Minster David Bahati on Tuesday 24thApril 2018. Amongst the proposals was a ban ... More »
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High speed railway elusive for Uganda, for yet another year
The construction of the Standard Gauge Railway in Uganda has stalled, compared to the progress already made in the neighbouring country, Kenya. The officials in charge cite the stalling is as a result of inadequate releases a... More »
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Has affirmative action hindered women’s participation in politics?
In the current Parliament, women occupy all key positions of power – the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Winnie Kiiza; and the Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa. The Government Chie... More »
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