Category: Current

30 May

URA Relaxes Warehousing Restrictions on Old Motor Vehicles

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has reviewed its earlier directive to remove motor vehicles dating nine years old or more from the warehousing regime to adopting a one-year reduction approach on warehousing regime for these motor vehicles. With the new measure, which takes effect on 1st July 2022, motor vehicles older than 13 years shall […]

16 May

Non-harmonized road user fees among EAC member states irks freight forwarders

The none harmonized road user fees among East African Community-EAC member states has raised concern among Ugandan freight forwarders. Ugandan trucks transiting through the central corridor (Dar es Salaam port) pay US$500 (Uganda Shillings 1.7 million), Kenya US$200, Rwanda US$150 and Uganda US$100 per truck for goods in transit. Hussein Kiddedde, the outgoing chairperson of […]

14 May

The UFFA Annual General meeting 2019

UFFA resolves to professionalize transport & freight logistics. At their just concluded Annual General Meeting held on the 29th/03/2019, Uganda Freight Forwarders Association resolved to key strategies and policies that will help professionalize the Transport and Freight Logistics industry. On top of electing new Executive Committee Board members and installing an Advisory Board, UFFA informed […]

The UFFA Luncheon – Preparation for GLC 2018

The UFFA Luncheon meeting that happened Monday (August 6, 2018) at Sheraton Kampala Hotel was certainly an event no Member deserved to miss. It was attended by 50 Members from different Logistics Companies.   The event focused on two major areas; The Customs Systems Support (CSP) The Manager of Customs Procedures & Systems Mr. Salim […]