President Yoweri Museveni has fired Doris Akol as the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)

Akol has been at the helm of URA for five years and five months.

The President announced he has replaced Akol in a tweet on Sunday, “By virtue of powers granted to me by the Constitution, I have appointed Mr John Musinguzi Rujoki as the new Commissioner General of @URAuganda.This appointment takes immediate effect.”

The President has also appointed Dr Michael Atingi-Ego as the new Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda. “I have forwarded his name to Parliament for vetting.”