Uganda, April 11 -- Traders in Kampala and Masaka City have been on strike starting on Monday April 8 over the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS) system that Uganda Revenue Authority has been rolling out in various sections of the business community, with varying levels of success since 2019.

Matters came to a head when the revenue body intensified its efforts to implement the system in the busy commercial hub of Kikuubo in Kampala. Among the listed grievances of the striking business community is the way the enforcement has been handled, moreover with little regard for the reality of the degree of education and literacy of the target group where the digital system is being implemented.

The revenue body has cou...