UGANDA: Parliament Passes the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, 2021

The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) will now retain a portion of the proceeds from the sale of petroleum products following the passing of the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, … Read More

Uganda awarded Officials, Lawyers $1.65M After winning Heritage Oil Tax Dispute

A new expose by Ugandan Daily Chimp Reports newspaper has revealed that 39 government officials were awarded cash bonanzas equaling Ush6 billion (equivalent $1.65M) after winning the protracted Heritage/Tullow oil Capital … Read More

Tullow Oil Agrees To Pay Uganda Government $108 million To End Tax Dispute

A tax row that has ensued between oil explorer Tullow Oil and the government of Uganda and the Uganda Revenue Authority in regards to two farm downs to China’s CNOOC … Read More

London’s Court of Appeal rules in favor of Tullow Oil in Uganda’s capital gains tax case

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Oil plc has announced that Tullow Uganda Limited, its Ugandan subsidiary, has received judgment in its favour in the proceedings against Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd and … Read More

Tullow Oil to challenge the Tax Appeals Tribunal ruling in Uganda

Tullow Oil plc has announced that its subsidiaries operating in Uganda have received a ruling from the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) in Uganda relating to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The … Read More

East Africa lacks extractive industry taxation capacity

Article courtesy of OxfamAmerica Dr. Prosper Ngowi Dr. Prosper Ngowi, an economics professor from Tanzania, said that Tanzania has lost a lot of revenue from the gold sector because of … Read More