URA shuts Nakumatt’s three stores over taxes

A shopper outside Nakumatt’s Oasis in Kampala. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has added to the woes of struggling regional supermarket giant Nakumatt by shutting the chain’s main store at Oasis Mall in the heart of Kampala and two others, claiming unpaid taxes.

The closure effectively halted the retailer’s operations in the country, as those were the remaining shops after the others closed earlier for various reasons, but mainly unpaid rent over the past two years.