So guys, I want to invite you to what I think will be an amazing twitter space starting in a few minutes -

Here's why

#SautiUG
From @twaweza_uganda 's recent data on businesses and taxation, these facts emerged clearly

1. 45% of the respondents said they had owned a business in the last three years, 24% of those said their business had since collapsed

#SautiUG
2. 32% of the surviving businesses were largely agricultural business

[We shall get into this on the space on how agriculture is [or isn't] taxed.

#SautiUG
3. 5 out of 10 of those whose businesses collapsed blamed the collapse on a lack of capital

#SautiUG
4. 4% of them put down aggrseive or high taxes as the reason they closed their business

#SautiUG
4. Amongst the biggest problems faced by businesses in Uganda, 17% say aggressive taxes, levies and penalties are a major concern #SautiUG
6. 7% of the people who say doing business is hard in Uganda say so because of the tax regime they encounter

#SautiUG
7. 64% of the people who diligently pay their taxes say that they do so to get improved service delivery from government

#SautiUG

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Sep 22
There are 6 overbearing points in #AccessToInfo that many Ugandans should pick interest in.

I'll list them....
1. Alot more citizens think government should only withhold information if it affects national security

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There's alot of people asking what the new @nssfug smart card means;

Here's a breakdown of the functionalities it gives to its holder; #DoMore
As a smart card with @nssfug it helps with;

1. Management of your @nssfug account. This includes withdrawing your savings upon qualification, make voluntary contributions to your savings plan, identification as a member at various branches

#DoMore
As a debit account;

2. It gives you a SmartLife account housed @CentenaryBank and will enable you to withdraw money, deposit, make visa transactions at point of sale places. The account attracts no annual visa charges, no maintenance fees, no monthly ledger fees. #DoMore
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Aug 30, 2021
We need to make an urgent case for improving family relations/social ties to create shared wealth- only this time, to save our environment.

Here’s why....
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Not ‘cool and sexy’ Maaga!

The facts are there to show. The term Karuzika [to bury] is attached to the HQs of Tooro as a polity. Previously the Kong sat in Butiiti but the Abarusura captured that.

To fend off the attack, the reorganization of Bagabu [The shield clan] 1/4
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Small Thread;

On murders, shootings, assasinations etc...

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Inevitably, a lot of this reporting led me to get into contact with multiple army documents - some high profile and capturing public attention whilst others outright boring.
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In 2013, I investigated the exchange of Israeli refugees [mostly from Ethiopia & Eritrea] for guns & intelligence. The things I learnt then were that Uganda’s ‘goodwill’ was infact a hand-in-glove gesture.

I want to hope the Afghan deal is in goodwill, but I know it isn’t
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