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Property tax revenue in Jinja has increased from Shs2 billion to Shs8 billion monthly after authorities in Jinja City took a key decision to revalue untaxed property within the City.

The city deputy town clerk, Mr Peter Mawerere, said the increase in the local revenue was realised after the revaluation of property taxes that have never been taxed for several years, especially in the Northern Division.

“Jinja City’s local revenue has increased from Shs2 billion to Shs8 billion following the revaluation of taxable property and also introducing digitalisation of revenue collection from the business community,” Mr Mawerere said in an interview at the weekend.

He added: “This time around, we are using digital means to collect money from the people, not cash which had a lot of leakages and revenue collection gaps through which a lot of money was lost in the process.”

Mr Mawerere further explained that the revenue enhancement was achieved partly through Jinja City’s partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in some projects, including; introducing domestic revenue mobilization for development to address the challenge of overdependence on government and development partners.

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