Hotel
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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.
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.
EFRIS now reaches every restaurant, bar and lodge, VAT or not
URA lists accommodation and food service among sectors that must use EFRIS whatever their VAT status. What a receipt carries, penalties and how to connect.
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