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OFFICE MANAGER

October 7, 2025 9:18 am Published by Comments Off on OFFICE MANAGER

Apply to info@jsamuelrichards.com By 10 October 2025 Role: Office Manager Division: Support Services Reports to: Staff Partner Roles reporting to this one: Office Assistant Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm plus reasonable overtime. Excludes all approved leave and public holidays. Strategic Decision Summary: Contribute to the firm’s business by facilitating the delivery... Read More


Unlocking Value: A Strategic Guide for Ugandan Pension Funds Investing in Alternative Assets

October 1, 2025 11:39 am Published by Comments Off on Unlocking Value: A Strategic Guide for Ugandan Pension Funds Investing in Alternative Assets

BY: ROBERT KATUNTU, CFA Introduction Uganda’s retirement benefits sector is growing rapidly, with increasing membership, contributions, and assets under management (AuM). Yet, the sector remains heavily concentrated in traditional investments—primarily government securities, which, according to the URBRA Investment Snapshot,  account for 82% of AuM as of September 2024. This overreliance... Read More


URA Extends EFRIS to Business Properties. What It Means for Ugandans

September 15, 2025 7:41 am Published by Comments Off on URA Extends EFRIS to Business Properties. What It Means for Ugandans

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in the Daily Monitor dated 4th September mandated the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) for business rental properties (In practice, the legal requirement is based on the turnover, i.e., 150 million and above), requiring EFRIS-generated receipts for rent payments related to shops, offices,... Read More


Uganda Banking Sector Performance 2024

May 21, 2025 5:46 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda Banking Sector Performance 2024

Highlights of our analysis: You can download the full report: https://jsamuelrichards.com/publications/#


Is Covid-19 coming to an end

Is Covid-19 coming to an end?

December 6, 2021 6:42 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a global pandemic on 11.March.2020, the number of confirmed cases worldwide was at the 100,000 mark. The WHO alerted all countries that the virus was spreading at an alarming rate and containment measures were urgently required. It became obvious that international travel... Read More


Outlook: the Covid-19 recoveries

#2/2 Outlook: the Covid-19 recoveries

December 6, 2021 6:31 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 a pandemic on 11-Mar-2020, only 4% of patients were recovering from the virus. By then, it appeared that the virus had condemned many patients to early and premature death. However, the situation had brightened much to the relief of Governments and... Read More


#1/2 Outlook: the Covid-19 recoveries

December 6, 2021 6:28 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Covid-19 pandemic continued to hit most countries worldwide despite that some semblance of normalcy was slowly filtering in many countries. The bitter truth is that 328115 people had died from Covid-19 globally representing 7% of the confirmed cases of 4996472 as at 20-May-2020. There was increased optimism in that... Read More