Govt to write off Shs35b tea factory tax arrears

Government is set to write off more than Shs35 billion in tax arrears owed by tea factories as part of efforts to revive Uganda’s struggling tea industry.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa announced the plan while representing President Yoweri Museveni at the burial of the late Mrs Edna Kentaro Baryaruha in Bushenyi District on Tuesday.

Tayebwa said the arrears will be waived once Parliament resumes from recess. The decision follows sustained lobbying by MPs from Greater Bushenyi and other tea-growing areas.

“The minister directed that,…