The Shilling has for the last three months been weakening against hard currencies like the US Dollar and the British Pound. Today, the Shilling is trading at 3833/3843 on the buying and selling sides, causing concerns that the 4,000-shilling mark is likely to be reached soon.
Hannington Makubya, the Chairperson Kalangala fisheries Union, says that since they were tasked to pay income tax, many fishermen have failed to register for Tax Identification Number-TIN.