Every accountable person is required by Regulation 45(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, 2015 to submit to the Financial Intelligence Authority(FIA) a compliance report setting out the level of compliance with the Act and Regulations and the Internal Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing Policy of the accountable person at the end of each calendar year. The FIA developed a compliance report template to streamline and standardise the reports submitted by Accountable persons. Accountable persons are listed under the Second Schedule to the Anti Money Laundering Act, 2013. Notably among these are NGOs, Advocates, Casinos, Financial Institutions, Registrars of Land...

Regular employment law applies to all employment relationships – regardless of the disruptions at various workplaces as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. This includes anything that has been agreed to in an employment agreement. In addition, the revenue authorities still require compliance by tax payers with obligations as set out in the law. The Uganda Revenue Authority has released business continuity measures but the government of Uganda is yet to provide any measures intended to deal with the immediate after-effects of COVID19 on the economy. Equally, the government of Uganda has yet to release any specific employment-related legislative changes to...

In just a few weeks, 30 African countries have reported cases of COVID-19 Virus, the latest being Tanzania and Somalia which have reported their first cases of corona-virus at the time of this writing.  In response, many countries have shut down schools, churches, businesses and banned concerts and gatherings. There are now 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the six countries in East Africa. At the time of writing this alert the ministry of health has reported that there is no case of covid-19 in Uganda This legal alert sets out some legal obligations for both employers and employees working...