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A new report by GreenFaith, an international, multifaith climate justice organization, alleges that the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will disturb at least 2,000 graves along its route from Lake Albert in Uganda to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. French oil giant TotalEnergies says its identification and handling of graves and other significant sites […]
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Tuesday February 16 2021
Customers observe social distancing in a banking hall. Government is proposing a 0.5 per cent tax on cash withdrawals in the next financial year to raise revenue for the economy. The move has been rejected by the already burdened taxpayers. PHOTO/KELVIN Atuhaire
Summary
The proposed 0.5 per cent tax on cash withdrawals discourages people from making deposits and forces those who get paid in the bank to withdraw all their cash and keep it
Christine Kasemiire & Dorothy Nakaweesi write.
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#Rejecttheunjusttax; a harsh tag where like-minded Ugandans raised concerns about the tax proposal that government through Ministry of Finance had hatched, garnered more than 4,000 tweets last week.