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25/05/2026

No matter your part, every contribution counts toward Africaโ€™s Unity, Integration, and Development.
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๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ: #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!Did you know that...
25/05/2026

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ: #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!
Did you know that NPOs facing funding constraints can apply for temporary deactivation?

As NPOs navigate an evolving funding landscape, many are struggling to sustain staff salaries and meet obligations.

During , Twaha Kayondo, Supervisor Domestic Taxes, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) shared an important compliance solution: organizations facing funding constraints can apply for temporary deactivation and reactivate once salary payments resume.

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ: #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!Financial Intelli...
25/05/2026

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ: #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!

Financial Intelligence Authority-Uganda, Executive Director Samuel Wandera commended as a vital platform for knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement, and collective action to strengthen AML/CFT compliance and financial integrity within Ugandaโ€™s NPO sector.

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ขal ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!Last wee...
25/05/2026

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ #๐“๐ก๐ž๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š | ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ขal ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐Ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ โ€“ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!

Last week's in-person edition of hashtag brought together NPO leaders, regulators, financial sector leaders, and governance practitioners for a timely and impactful conversation on critical issues shaping the national AML/CFT landscape, including closing knowledge gaps in risk assessments, understanding mutual evaluation processes, and unpacking recent tax law amendments affecting nonprofit organizations and civil society actors.

We were honored to host distinguished panelists, including; Executive Director, Financial Intelligence Authority-Uganda, Samuel Wandera, Director International Relations, Bright Besigye, Supervisor Domestic Taxes- Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Twaha W Kayondo and LAWRENCE OMONY from the Bankers Association (UBA), whose insights sparked meaningful dialogue on compliance, accountability, and the future of risk-based regulation in the sector.

One message stood out clearly throughout the engagement: maintaining financial integrity is a shared responsibility โ€” and it begins with each one of us.

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30/04/2026

๐—œ๐—–๐—ฌ๐— ๐—œ: #๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ | ๐—จ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†
In the pursuit of transparency and accountable governance, harmful and regressive laws must have no place in our systems.
John-Allan Namuโ€™s message is both timely and urgentโ€”especially as Uganda navigates critical policy debates around the bill.

๐ŸŽž๏ธ Catch the full discussion here: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ https://youtu.be/XDVAWlzzEiA?si=AvRwQmIDJAYlK7Wj

29/04/2026

๐—œ๐—–๐—ฌ๐— ๐—œ: #๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ|๐—จ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†

Africa loses about $๐Ÿด๐Ÿด ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† to kleptocratic systemsโ€”resources that could transform economies, strengthen institutions, and improve livelihoods.

Yona Wanjala highlights collaborative action and knowledge-building as key strategies for combating this vice.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full remarks๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ https://youtu.be/XDVAWlzzEiA

๐Ÿ”ด ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฒOur Executive Director, Yona Wanja...
24/04/2026

๐Ÿ”ด ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช | ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

Our Executive Director, Yona Wanjala, and Director Compliance and Advocacy, LUTAAYA ARNOLD, are currently in a joint session with the Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs and the Committee on Legal & Parliamentary Affairs to present civil society's analysis and documented concerns on the , 2026.

This engagement follows the formal submission of our analysis, which highlights key areas of concern โ€” including provisions that may conflict with constitutional rights, international human rights law, and the rule of law.

Civil society continues to play its constitutional role in ensuring that proposed legislation is subject to rigorous public scrutiny before enactment.

14/04/2026

Marvin Parvez, highlights the evolving role of partnerships in todayโ€™s dynamic NPO ecosystem.

As the non-profit sector evolves, partnerships are shifting, placing communities and implementing organizations at the center of leadership and decision-making.

๐Ÿค๐ŸพThis approach not only strengthens ownership but also enhances the effectiveness, sustainability, and impact of interventions across diverse contexts.

โ–ถ๏ธ Watch more of his remarks here๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ

13/04/2026

Gilbert BINEZERO HIRWA highlights a critical reality:โžก๏ธ Risk is not uniform for all .
This makes it essential for organizations to conduct that reflect their unique operations, beneficiaries, and environments.

๐Ÿ“‹ He also underscores the importance of active NPO engagement in the to ensure that sector-specific realities are reflected in national frameworks.

๐Ÿ’ก A key recommendation:
Establish hashtag compliance centers across districts to streamline regulatory processes, improve access to guidance, and strengthen overall sector accountability.

Watch his full remarks here: ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽฅ

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10/04/2026

๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ | ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Through partnerships with NPO leaders like Albert Taremwa, we are proud to see that our capacity-building efforts to protect charities/NPOs against Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (FT) abuse will be cascading beyond national organizations to Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and grassroots actors.

Watch Albert's full remarks here: ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ

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