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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


Covid-19: furlough and lay-off may become permanent

December 6, 2021 6:25 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Labour Day on 1 May 2020 in Uganda was a public holiday which may have gone unnoticed by many people. At that moment, many people are worried about the Covid-19 itself since it has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives already. The pandemic forced Governments to implement lockdown measures to... Read More