hospitality
Posts on hospitality from the Kit team. Pick another topic below or go back to all posts.
What the EAC star rating expects of your housekeeping
Uganda grades hotels on the East African Community criteria. The linen, towel and room rules by star level, how scoring works, and how to run housekeeping.
The UTB licence and the guest register every Ugandan lodge must keep
What the Tourism Act and the 2013 regulations ask of hotels, lodges and guesthouses: registration, a yearly licence, a guest register, quarterly returns.
Uganda's 1.6 million visitors: what it means for lodge bookings
The Tourism Statistical Abstract 2025 puts arrivals above 1.6 million and stays at 8.8 nights. What a small hotel or lodge should change in its bookings.
Service charge and tips: keeping bill, tax and staff share straight
How a mandatory service charge differs from a tip, why the VAT question matters, what a Kenyan court said about staff shares, and how to record both.
New PAYE bands, NSSF and shift hours for hotel and restaurant staff
PAYE bands changed on 1 July 2026 and URA wants July and August returns amended. NSSF rates, the 15th deadline and the Employment Act rules for shift work.
Overtime, the 48-hour week and public holiday pay in Uganda
Section 53 of the Employment Act sets the 48-hour week, the ten-hour day, the daily break and the 1.5 and 2 times overtime rates, and how to apply them.
Local hotel tax: what a Ugandan lodge collects per room per night
Who pays local hotel tax in Uganda, the rates per room per night, the KCCA till book, the monthly remittance and the 40% surcharge for unremitted tax.
Kenya's 2% tourism levy: what hotels and restaurants file by the 10th
Kenya's Tourism Levy Order charges 2% of gross receipts from food, drinks, accommodation and other services, due by the 10th. The record and the penalties.
Food hygiene rules for Kampala restaurants, from kitchen to floor
KCCA enforces food hygiene in hotels, restaurants and bars under the Public Health Act. What it asks of food handlers, and a kitchen routine that holds up.
EFRIS now reaches twelve sectors, VAT-registered or not
Since July 2025 hotels, restaurants, builders, ICT firms and eight other sectors must issue EFRIS e-receipts without VAT registration. Rule and penalties.
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