Rabo Enterprises Has Never Evaded Tax
Dec 22, 2002
SIR—Please refer to your lead article of December 17, entitled “Kutesa’s daughter in sh700m tax scamâ€.
SIR—Please refer to your lead article of December 17, entitled “Kutesa’s daughter in sh700m tax scamâ€.
Please note the following:
lM/S Rabo Enterprises Ltd received a demand note from the Uganda Revenue Authority on October 1, 2001 alleging that on or around April 30, 2001 the company had made an importation of cement worth 5000 metric tonnes under a bill of entry No Ka10/04/01/C79486 and the total tax payable was sh426,769,945, together with a penalty of sh319,792,671. To the best of our knowledge, Rabo Enterprises Ltd had not imported any cement. We therefore instructed our lawyers to state this clearly to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) . Our lawyers, acting on our behalf denied any knowledge of the said importation.
On October 6, 2001, URA seized eight trucks belonging to our sister company, Mt. Elgon Hardwares Ltd and 2680 bags of cement. We protested the seizure and when we got no response we filed a suit against the the URA commissioner general. This is civil suit NO 517 of 2001.
Therefore, there is no tax scam as you allege and indeed the matter is still pending in the courts of law.
lMs Ishta Asiimwe who you blatantly alleged as involved in a sh700m tax scam was appointed a director of Rabo on September 12, 2001, long after the alleged tax evasion took place.
Ms Asiimwe ceased being a director of Rabo on April 26, 2002. all this can be verified at the Registry of Companies as these are public documents.
it was brash of The New Vision to hurriedly write andpublish that story before cross-checking your facts. You intentionally distorted the facts and we can only presume that this was done with ulterior motives.
M/S Rabo Enterprises has never evaded taxes and this matter is still before the courts of law.
Managing Director
M/s Rabo Enterprises (U) Ltd
Please note the following:
lM/S Rabo Enterprises Ltd received a demand note from the Uganda Revenue Authority on October 1, 2001 alleging that on or around April 30, 2001 the company had made an importation of cement worth 5000 metric tonnes under a bill of entry No Ka10/04/01/C79486 and the total tax payable was sh426,769,945, together with a penalty of sh319,792,671. To the best of our knowledge, Rabo Enterprises Ltd had not imported any cement. We therefore instructed our lawyers to state this clearly to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) . Our lawyers, acting on our behalf denied any knowledge of the said importation.
On October 6, 2001, URA seized eight trucks belonging to our sister company, Mt. Elgon Hardwares Ltd and 2680 bags of cement. We protested the seizure and when we got no response we filed a suit against the the URA commissioner general. This is civil suit NO 517 of 2001.
Therefore, there is no tax scam as you allege and indeed the matter is still pending in the courts of law.
lMs Ishta Asiimwe who you blatantly alleged as involved in a sh700m tax scam was appointed a director of Rabo on September 12, 2001, long after the alleged tax evasion took place.
Ms Asiimwe ceased being a director of Rabo on April 26, 2002. all this can be verified at the Registry of Companies as these are public documents.
it was brash of The New Vision to hurriedly write andpublish that story before cross-checking your facts. You intentionally distorted the facts and we can only presume that this was done with ulterior motives.
M/S Rabo Enterprises has never evaded taxes and this matter is still before the courts of law.
Managing Director
M/s Rabo Enterprises (U) Ltd