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Daily Monitor
Friday May 07 2021
Some of rental shops in downtown Kampala. Lordlords fear that if they increase taxes, tenants will resort to operating businesses from the city outskirts. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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Property owners and tenants are up in arms against lawmakers for imposing 25 per cent rental income tax, effective July 1.
Dozens of landlords and tenants interviewed accused members of the 10th Parliament, whose term expires next week, of not consulting them as voters and real estate stakeholders.
The new levy is likely to result in increased rent as property owners will pass the cost onto tenants, who will desert commercial and residential buildings.
Daily Monitor
Friday January 22 2021
A police constable helps a voter sanitise before voting at A-L Polling Station in Kabale Town on Wednesday. PHOTO | ROBERT MUHEREZA
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Many polling stations in Kampala and across the country remained largely deserted for most of the day, with polling officials waiting for voters who only tricked in.
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The election of city mayors and district chairpersons yesterday was characterised by low voter turnout across the country, which contrasted sharply with the long queues of voters witnessed in the January 14 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Many polling stations in Kampala and across the country remained largely deserted for most of the day, with polling officials waiting for voters who only tricked in.