Uganda Revenue Authority
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The Uganda Revenue Authority is the government body responsible for tax collection and customs administration in Uganda.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uganda Revenue Authority canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1828040 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uganda Revenue Authority Context triple: [Government of Uganda, hasAgency, Uganda Revenue Authority]
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A.
Government of Uganda
The Government of Uganda is the central governing authority of the Republic of Uganda, responsible for national administration, policymaking, and international representation.
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B.
Parliament of Uganda
The Parliament of Uganda is the unicameral national legislative body responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the interests of Ugandan citizens.
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C.
Kenyan Ministry of Finance
The Kenyan Ministry of Finance is the government department responsible for managing Kenya’s public finances, including budgeting, taxation, and economic policy.
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D.
Uganda
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
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E.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uganda Revenue Authority Target entity description: The Uganda Revenue Authority is the government body responsible for tax collection and customs administration in Uganda.
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A.
Government of Uganda
The Government of Uganda is the central governing authority of the Republic of Uganda, responsible for national administration, policymaking, and international representation.
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B.
Parliament of Uganda
The Parliament of Uganda is the unicameral national legislative body responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the interests of Ugandan citizens.
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C.
Kenyan Ministry of Finance
The Kenyan Ministry of Finance is the government department responsible for managing Kenya’s public finances, including budgeting, taxation, and economic policy.
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D.
Uganda
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
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E.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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revenue authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation | URA ⓘ |
| collects |
customs duties
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environmental levies ⓘ excise duty ⓘ income tax ⓘ stamp duty ⓘ value added tax ⓘ withholding tax ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Bank of Uganda
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East African Community customs administrations ⓘ Uganda Police Force ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Uganda ⓘ |
| goal |
combat tax evasion
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increase tax compliance ⓘ modernize tax administration ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn | Kampala ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ura.go.ug ⓘ |
| implements |
customs policy of Uganda
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tax policy of Uganda ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Uganda ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm |
semi-autonomous government agency
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statutory body ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Region, Uganda
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Kampala ⓘ |
| mandate |
enforcement of customs laws
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enforcement of tax laws ⓘ facilitation of trade ⓘ mobilization of domestic revenue ⓘ protection of Uganda’s tax base ⓘ |
| memberOf | East African Revenue Authorities forum ⓘ |
| oversees |
border posts
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customs checkpoints ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
border tax collection
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customs administration ⓘ domestic tax administration ⓘ tax collection ⓘ |
| sector |
customs
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public finance ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Government of Uganda
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Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Ugandan shilling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Uganda Revenue Authority Description of subject: The Uganda Revenue Authority is the government body responsible for tax collection and customs administration in Uganda.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda)
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oversees
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Uganda Revenue Authority
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