So far four centres are already running. They are; Muko along the Kabale-Kisoro highway, Kafu in Masindi off Gulu highway, Corner Kamdin in Oyam district and Busitema.
In an unprecedented move, Tullow Oil yesterday evening published its 2013 Annual Report and unaudited accounts revealing taxes and royalties paid to governments where it operates. In its report, Tullow revealed paying $23million [Shs58.3bn] to the Ugandan tax authorities in 2013, down from $174.6m [Shs443.2bn] paid in 2012. In 2012, Tullow paid $141.8m to the Uganda Government as part of the Capital Gains Tax imposed by Uganda Revenue Authority after the sale of assets to Total and CNOOC.
Power distributor, Umeme, announced on Monday a 43percent rise in net profit for 2013 to 83.7billion Uganda Shillings. In the financial statement released today, the profit was due to a rise in revenue collections from consumers. The company collected about 0.3percent above the target for collections.
