The Uganda Revenue Authority has presented Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda with a Certificate of Appreciation, citing the bottler’s contribution to the economy and its record on tax compliance.
Managing Director Emmy Hashakimana and CCBU’s leadership team received the certificate from a URA delegation led by Dr Geoffrey Okaka, the authority’s Assistant Commissioner for Field Services. Both sides used the meeting to restate what the company describes as a shared commitment to partnership.
This is CCBU’s second acknowledgment from URA in three years. In 2023 the bottler won the tax authority’s Excel Award for the highest revenue contribution and full filing compliance in its category, alongside runner-up Chop Gaming.
CCBU, a subsidiary of CCBA, runs three plants and employs 894 people in Uganda. That scale puts it among the country’s larger formal-sector taxpayers, in a beverage market where informal trade and cross-border smuggling routinely erode collections URA is trying to grow.
Recognition like this carries commercial weight beyond goodwill. URA has spent years pushing to lift Uganda’s tax-to-GDP ratio, and repeat certificates for large manufacturers double as signalling to smaller distributors and retailers still operating outside the formal tax net.
Drinkabl.media’s coverage of Niger’s liquor board dispute traced a similar pattern, where regulators lean on compliant beverage companies even as informal channels remain harder to police. For CCBU, the more interesting test is whether goodwill with URA translates into faster clearance at the border as CCBA’s other bottlers, including its operation in Malawi, push deeper into regional distribution.
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