Daily MonitorCommodities /Business/Commodities/-/688610/688610/-/gff4xn/-/index.html URA partners with Warid to ease tax payment http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1403834/-/dyeel0/-/index.html Uganda Revenue Authority has partnered with Warid Telecom and Orient Bank as it seeks to implement its mobile money tax payment system launched recently. 2012-05-11T21:00:00Z Global warming threatens tourism site http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1403832/-/dyeekx/-/index.html The site that had been limited to tourists within Tooro Kingdom has grown to attract international tourists from various parts of the country. 2012-05-11T21:00:00Z Doubled Kenya passenger air fees to affect Uganda travellers http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Doubled+Kenya+passenger+air+fees+to+affect+Uganda+travellers/-/688610/1402132/-/9xnfnk/-/index.html Ugandans travelling through Kenya Airports will beginning July be subjected to slightly higher ticket prices as the Kenya Airports Authority, seeks to double the amount air passengers pay to access its facilities. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z Pump prices up, again http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Pump+prices+up++again/-/688610/1402142/-/kfyd16/-/index.html Ugandan motorists have to are not about to get any reprieve from rising petrol prices, a situation that is likely to push commodity prices up and slow down government’s efforts to curb inflation. By close of business yesterday, a litre of petrol at the pump on average cost Shs3, 800 up from Shs3, 690. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z New levy a threat to East Africa’s tea trade prospects http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/New+levy+a+threat+to+East+Africa+s+tea+trade+prospects/-/688610/1400726/-/sbxprl/-/index.html Players in Uganda’s tea industry have expressed fears that the new controversial levy imposed on tea exports into Kenya would discourage growth of the crop’s trade in the region. 2012-05-06T21:00:00Z Incubation to benefit small scale farmers http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Incubation+to+benefit+small+scale+farmers/-/688610/1399334/-/79dwbo/-/index.html Small scale farmers involved in agriculture value addition are expected to benefit from business incubator programmes designed to support successful innovations and entrepreneurship in agribusiness. 2012-05-04T21:00:00Z High oil prices continue to challenge inflation fight http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1398408/-/dkxwak/-/index.html The move to attain single digit inflation has been threatened by the continued growth in fuel and food prices. 2012-05-02T21:00:00Z Low deposits cut Tropical Bank’s profits http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1398410/-/dkxwb8/-/index.html Libyan owned Tropical Bank suffered a significant slump in its 2011 profits, according to the bank’s financial statement released early this week. 2012-05-02T21:00:00Z Government’s wasteful expenditure must stop - finance minister http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1398412/-/dkxwba/-/index.html Finance minister Maria Kiwanuka wants government to stop wasteful expenditure, which distorts the fair distribution of resources, according to a leaked ministerial report. 2012-05-02T21:00:00Z CAA advises government on Revival of Uganda Airlines http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1396346/-/dkwhy9/-/index.html Civil Aviation Authority, the regulator of the airline business, has advised the government to fully commercialise the planned revival of Uganda Airlines if it is to survive completion. 2012-04-29T21:00:00Z Experts advise on monetary policy http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1396344/-/dkwhy7/-/index.html The Uganda Nation Chamber of Commerce and Industry has listed a number of recommendations that will help Uganda to ease doing business in the country. 2012-04-29T21:00:00Z Ban tax incentives, agencies tell government http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1396342/-/dkwhy5/-/index.html Tax incentives offered by government to attract investments should be banned because they are not economically viable, Tax Justice Network and ActionAid International have said. 2012-04-29T21:00:00Z Car sales continue to slow amid economic volatilities http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1396340/-/dkwhy3/-/index.html Slowed growth characterised by high inflation, currency depreciation and increased cost of doing business have decelerated car sales, an industry report that tracks new vehicle sales has revealed. 2012-04-29T21:00:00Z Growth in cooking oil sector still low http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1394938/-/dkv90t/-/index.html Even as Uganda’s vegetable oil production registers tremendous growth demand for the product has continued to outstrip supply, forcing the country to rely on imports. 2012-04-27T21:00:00Z Four million Ugandans using mobile money, says report http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1393934/-/dkujoj/-/index.html Many Ugandans have adopted the use of mobile money for their financial transactions. 2012-04-25T21:00:00Z Ken Group asks for audit into loan dispute with Standard Chartered bank http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1393932/-/dkujoh/-/index.html Stationery maker, Ken Group has called for an independent audit that could help to ascertain the amount due in debt to Standard Chartered Bank. 2012-04-25T21:00:00Z Eskom to spend Shs640m on dam inspection http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1393930/-/dkujof/-/index.html Eskom Uganda will spend Shs640 million (£160,000) on an underwater inspection of the Nalubaale Dam in Jinja. 2012-04-25T21:00:00Z Domestic consumption spurs URA performance http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1393922/-/dkujnl/-/index.html Uganda revenue Authority has announced a Shs54 billion surplus, reducing its cumulative shortfall from 71 billion to Shs14 billion for March. 2012-04-25T21:00:00Z New ferry moves to save island businesses http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1389150/-/dkd0h9/-/index.html Stranded businessmen, tourists and other passengers travelling to Kalangala could soon be relieved as a private ferry company announces plans to conduct daily services to the island. 2012-04-18T21:00:00Z Economy loses Shs440b due to poor sanitation http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1389154/-/dkd0hd/-/index.html Lack of proper sanitation is costing Uganda’s economy at least over Shs440 billion ($177 million) every year, according to a World Bank report. 2012-04-18T21:00:00Z Coffee exports show early signs of recovery http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1389146/-/dkd0gj/-/index.html Coffee - Uganda’s lead export continues to show signs of recovery as trends for both value and volumes improve.The latest report from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) for the month ending March indicates Uganda exported a total of 187,592 bags of coffee worth $30.2 million (Shs75.5b). 2012-04-18T21:00:00Z Government pays Bujagali contractor Shs2b as commissioning bonus http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1387466/-/dkbo8c/-/index.html The government has paid Bujagali Energy Limited, the consortium constructing Bujagali power plant, about Shs2 billion ($796, 008) as an early-commissioning bonus. 2012-04-15T21:00:00Z Uganda urged on trade with Botswana http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1385380/-/dka9u5/-/index.html Ugandans have been challenged to take advantage of the new relations with Botswana-Africa’s second freest economy in order to boost trade. 2012-04-12T21:00:00Z Uganda’s fish exports to profit from global market shortage http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1385374/-/dka9td/-/index.html Uganda is likely to earn big from Nile Perch exports as its closest competitor- Pangasius a fish species from Asia dwindles at the global market. According to a report from Globefish-a unit in the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Fisheries Department, there are serious supply constraints from Vietnam the lead supplier of the Pagasius specie after the country suffered floods in 2011. 2012-04-12T21:00:00Z Number of East Africa’s poor grows to 53 million http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1382622/-/dk893q/-/index.html The number of East Africans living below the poverty line has increased from 44 million to 53 million people, according to a new report. 2012-04-08T21:00:00Z