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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community-EAC Council of Ministers has tabled the budget estimates for the 2021/2022 financial year totaling US$91,784,296. The budget theme: Economic Recovery through Industrialization and Inclusive Growth, aims to focus on the policymakers, implementers and legislators at a time the COVID-19 pandemic had …

Experts, government suggest ways to easing trade among partner states Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | There is a growing concern amongst the business community that the COVID-19 lockdown measures are a danger to business activities, and if not carefully eased, could make the situation worse going forward. This is …

Experts say regional body is ‘club of suspicious people’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania’s recent call for the evaluation of the East African Community legal instruments to reflect current times has elicited mixed reactions among regional analysts. When President Suluhu recently met top …

Fallen economist and statistician hailed as tireless advocate of the business community OBITUARY | IAN KATUSIIME | Covid19 continues to claim some of Uganda’s most impactful minds. Gideon Badagawa, executive director of Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), succumbed to coronavirus on the early morning of June 21 at Mulago Hospital, …

Manufacturers, experts want government to put in place protective measures | THE INDEPENDENT | How can Uganda take advantage of regional markets to boost economic activities? How best can the private sector work with government to tap into business opportunities in the East African region and beyond? These are pertinent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Revenue Authority have agreed that there is a need to quickly centralize the collection of government revenues within the East African Community. Article 32 of the EAC Common Market Protocol provides for the harmonization …

Human capital, security and governance take lion’s share of the 2021 national budget | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s newly appointed State Minister for Planning Amos Lugolobi on June.10 unveiled the contents of the 2021/22 national budget to the public. Setting out the government’s tax and spending plans for the year …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The East African Community (EAC), a regional economic bloc, is planning to develop a COVID-19 economic recovery plan to help the region rebuild from the negative effect of the pandemic.Juvenal Ndimurirwo, director of finance for the EAC Secretariat, told a virtual meeting Friday that the …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) has urged member states of the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions imposed on Burundi, saying the country has opened a new page and is ready to move forward. Peter Mathuki, the EAC Secretary General, said in a statement …

    NRM MANIFESTO WEEK |  The Ministry of Trade implemented the manifesto commitment of continuing fast-tracking the East African Community (EAC) economic and political integration in line with the vision of having a single monetary union and achieving political federation of all the EAC member states. Economic integration was deepened …