URA manager arrested in Kampala over Shs220m alleged audit-bribe trap

URA manager arrested in Kampala over Shs220m alleged audit-bribe trap

URA officials allege he solicited the money from an investor to suppress an ongoing tax audit into the taxpayer’s firm

URA arrests own customs manager over alleged Shs220m audit bribe

Assistant Commissioner for Public and Corporate Affairs Robert Kalumba displays part of the cash URA says was recovered in the operation. Inset: the suspect, Geoffrey Ssozi. PHOTO | URA HANDOUT The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has arrested one of its own senior managers over allegations that he solicited a $60,000 bribe, about Shs220 million, to suppress a tax audit into a taxpayer’s company. Geoffrey Ssozi, the manager for external operations…

URA Manager Arrested In $60,000 Bribery Sting As Tax Audit Scandal Unravels

A senior Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) manager has been arrested after allegedly being caught red-handed receiving US$60,000 (about Shs220 million) in a dramatic sting operation that has exposed fresh allegations of corruption within Uganda’s tax administration. Geoffrey Ssozi, the URA Manager for External Operations in the Customs Department, was arrested last Thursday after detectives from the authority’s internal investigative wing reportedl…

URA Manager Arrested In Shs220m Bribe Sting Over Tax Audit » The Black Examiner

A URA Customs manager was caught receiving a $60,000 bribe to suppress a tax audit in a Kampala restaurant sting operation — here’s what the arrest reveals about corruption inside Uganda’s tax body.