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  Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has said that the customary (polygamous) marriage between Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and FUFA president Moses Magogo is legal and cannot be invalidated. A Thursday, 22nd September 2022 statement signed by Mr Ronald Jackson Lutunda on behalf of the Registrar of Marriages, URSB says a town clerk cannot invalidate a marriage as has been circulating in the media. “The public is put on notice to ignore the misleading circulating stories about the validity of the said marriage,” the statement reads in part. “The role of the Town Clerk in customary marriage registration is to register and transmit a return to the Registrar of Marriages at Uganda Registration Services Bureau. Neither, the Town clerk nor Registrar of Marriages have the authority to invalidate a marriage,” the statement adds. URSB was responding to a letter by the Town Clerk of Makindye Division Urban Council, Mr. Geoffrey Rwakabale, dated 16th August, 2022, which has been ...

  Compiled by Ruth Kiconco Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja was appointed as Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament designate, by H.E. President Yoweri Museveni on 8th June 2021 becoming the 11th person and first female, to occupy the office since Uganda became independent in 1962. Before this appointment, Hon. Nabbanja was the Minister of State for Health in charge of General Duties, a position she was appointed to on 14th December 2019. Nabbanja was born and raised in Kamusenene village, Nkooko Sub County in present-day Kakumiro District, Bunyoro, Western Uganda on 17 December 1969. She attended Nkooko Primary School before joining St. Edward’s Secondary School Bukuumi, for both her O-Level and A-Level studies. Between 1990 and 2000, Nabbanja obtained Certificates and Diplomas in Leadership, Management and Development Studies, from various institutions, including Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Management Institute, the Islamic University in Uganda and th...

 By Atuhaire Bridget   With effect from next month, on the 1 St day of October 2022, the Government of Uganda will start earning Value Added Tax (VAT) from non-resident electronic service providers, including on social media like tech giant - Facebook. “As of October 2022, Facebook ads in Uganda will be subject to a value-added tax (VAT) at the applicable local tax rate,” said Meta, Facebook’s parent company over the weekend. “This applies to advertisers whose “Sold to” the country (Uganda) on their business or personal address is set to Uganda and who haven’t added their tax identification number (TIN) to their Facebook ad account,” the tech company stated. Mr John Rujoki Musinguzi the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), speaking at a recent press conference. PHOTO/COURTESY VAT will be added whenever users/advertisers are charged for their ads, regardless of whether they are purchasing Facebook ads for business or personal purposes. “As VAT is ad...