Businesses shut down across Uganda in tax protest

The week-long action was launched by the Federation of Uganda Traders Association on Tuesday and has spread from the capital, Kampala, to many other parts of the country. "We have called…

“We are pressing ahead with the strike and we are determined to close for even a month until the government acts on our demands.” Uganda’s minister of state for finance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, said the businesses were protesting because they did not understand the new system. Sylvia Atwenda, a 31-year-old mother of three who trades in cosmetics and hair accessories, told AFP that people had set up businesses to support their families, not fund the government.

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The Federal Government and leaders in the country have been urged to address the chronic poverty and hunger ravaging the country.Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre in London, Matthew Ashimolowo

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