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Uganda’s 2017/2018 budget: Civil Society group speaks out Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A group of civil society organisations under their umbrella body – Civil Society Advocacy Budget Group (CSBAG) is calling on government agencies and departments responsible for budget implementation to efficiently implement the budget to benefit the common man. …

There will be no more levying of direct taxes on individuals due to the cumbersome nature of collecting them. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija says government is now only looking at indirect taxes because they are easy for the government to collect. Kasaija told some journalists days before the budget was …

The taxman plans to increase sentisation to meet targets of the program Last financial year, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) set an ambitious target to collect Shs420bn from small businesses across the country but preminary performance shows that it is likely  not to be as expected. Data from the URA shows …

COMMENT: Policy and institutional reforms are needed for Uganda’s economy to recover – CSBAG Economic growth is not a chance event although it can benefit from chance events. There must be a plan that guides deliberate actions that are derived from a coherent or logical way of thinking. The logical critical …