Arrival, Registration and breakfast

Arrival, Registration and breakfast

Yona Wanjala

Welcome Remarks

Stephen Okello

Keynote Speaker

James Nkuubi

SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY ON THE COMPLIANCE STATUS OF NGOS

Panels- Regulators

NGO Bureau

• Clarifying the different categories of NGOs in Uganda and their respective regulatory obligations under Uganda`s Legal framework.
• Why the work of NGO regulatory agencies should be of interest to the NGO sector.
• Goals of NGO Bureau in regulating NGOs.
• How NGO Bureau under the NGO Act makes tradeoffs or amicably balances interests of the state and yet also promote a safer working environment NGOs.

FIA

• Compliance obligations of NGOs towards FIA.
• Degree of susceptibility of NGOs to the risk of Terrorism Financing.
• Justification for NGOs to comply with the FIA and why they are considered accountable persons.
• How NGOs have responded to their compliance obligation with FIA.
• Uganda being on the grey list and its Implications to the NGOs.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

URA

• Compliance obligations of NGOs under the Uganda tax regime.
• Tax exemption for NGOs and the process of tax exemption.
• Voluntary disclosure, EFRIS, Income tax and fines for non-compliance.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

NSSF

• Compliance obligations of NGOs towards NSSF.
• Goals of NSSF in regulating NGOs.
• Dangers Non-Compliance poses to the NGOs.
• Highlights of the amended NSSF Act to the NGOs.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

NITA-U

• Ways to leverage technology in reducing the compliance statutory burden.
• Possibility for NGOs to have a compliance digitalized one-stop centre for compliance to all regulators.
• What it takes and the role of NITA-U in supporting the development of compliance digitalized one-stop centre for NGOs and the regulators.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

URSB

• Compliance obligations of the NGOs towards URSB.
• Key issues that NGOs need to know in line with name reservation, registration and renewing of the organisation name.
• What filing returns entail and the contact person for filing returns at URSB for the NGO sector.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

KCCA

• Compliance obligations of the NGOs towards KCCA.
• What NGOs have to know in regard to the local service tax.
• Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.

Uganda Police

• Procedures and Principles that govern Police investigations in line with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF).
• What NGOs need to know about Terrorism Financing.
• • Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector in regard to Counter Terrorism Financing.

Tea break

Tea Break

Discussion

This will be a round table discussion between the participants and regulators. Both parties will raise their concerns in regards to the NGO regulatory framework.

Dr. Moses Isooba

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks by Dr. Moses Isooba, Executive Director, Uganda NGO Forum

Lunch and departure

Lunch and departure