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City Traders engage in a violent brawl during a URA meeting

John Musinguzi, The Commissioner General of URA speaking to Journalists at UMA hall in Lugogo



By Joseph Kabale

Kampala

While as the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) John Musinguzi has evidently done all to establish a rapport between the traders and the tax man (URA), the relationship seems to be deteriorating at every attempt.

It's important for the reader to remember that on March 14th, 2024, KACITA leadership held a confidential meeting with the traders after which they disclosed that they had resolved to call for the suspension of EFRIS taxation policy and vowed never to cooperate with URA until all the traders are well sensitized about the same.

It's on the above ground that city traders, URA and other stakeholders convened a sensitization meeting at the Uganda Manufacturer's Association (UMA) yesterday purposely to educate the traders about the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the controversial Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) taxation policy.

However, the traders seemed not to have come for the meeting to improvise a holistic way of resolving their conflicts but rather to demand for the suspension of EFRIS. The traders swiftly attached themselves at even the slightest provocation for a fight.

The violent brawl was ignited by the suggestion that media should vacate the meeting so that URA and the traders discuss away their differences and contradictions something the traders protested hence a physical showdown amongst themselves.

The URA Commissioner General, desperately bowed to the demand for the press to stay, amidst tight security.  

Every trader who rose to say something, only condemned the tax man for his indifference at their plight.

In his speech, Musinguzi, maintained that EFRIS taxation policy was established in a good spirit but only acknowledged the misrepresentation among the traders.

After being convinced that the traders misconstrued the EFRIS, URA officials attempted to school them about the same, but the traders instead were seen walking out of the meeting in protest as they demanded for its suspension.








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