Govt given 20 days to address traders’ concerns

Kampala City Trader’s Association (KACITA), has given government 20 days to address Traders’ concerns or they close shop.

Since September last year, traders have been complaining about high taxes, the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) policy, and the per-kilogram levy on clothes.

Last month, the Uganda Revenue Authority and officials from the Finance ministry led by Permanent Secretary Ramathan Ggoobi, met the traders’ leadership over the same and promised to settle their grievances within the shortest possible time.

However, while addressing journalists at KACITA offices in Kampala on Wednesday morning, the chairman of the association, John Nagenda Musoke together with spokesperson Isa Ssekitto, said their members are irked by the delayed government action.

Ssekitto revealed that yesterday, government officials met with the president to address their concerns but haven’t received any formal communication about what transpired.

He says if government does not address the traders’ concerns by April 15, 2024, they will have no other option but to go on strike.

“I with authority tell you that the matter of the Chinese and other foreigners in small businesses that they did not register to do has appeared in Cabinet and we are waiting for the resolutions,” said Ssekitto.

Written by Prossy Kisakye