Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament’s Committee on the Budget have welcomed proposals by the Shadow Minister for Finance, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, also Butambala legislator which among others call for a review of the law and regulations relating to the management of the classified budget. The proposals are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Parliamentary Caucus has given a list of over 30 people suspected to be possible assailants terrorizing people in Masaka to Internal Affairs Minister Gen Kahinda Otafire. The MPs from Buganda led by their chairperson and Butambala MP Muwanga Kivumbi met with Otafire at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Buganda Parliamentary Caucus have resolved to pitch camp in Masaka city on Friday this week to assess the security situation following the persistent cases of murder in the greater Masaka region. The legislators resolved this in their caucus meeting held on Wednesday morning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from the ruling National Resistance Movement –NRM party declined to participate in the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus elections on Wednesday citing inadequate planning. Only 9 of the 46 NRM MPs from the Central region led by Kiboga East MP, Keffa Kiwanuka showed up ahead of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party has endorsed the Butambala County MP, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi as their candidate for the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus chairperson race. The caucus brings together all legislators from the Central region regardless of their political affiliation. MPs use the caucus to lobby …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has secured a supplementary expenditure request worth 695.5 billion Shillings for the current financial year 2020/2021. The expenditure was approved by Parliament last evening, shortly before the tenth parliament closed its business. A big chunk of the money (481 billion Shillings) is going …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has yet again deferred the proposal by the government to introduce a Parish development model that seeks to empower Ugandans economically in the 10,594 parishes. The model is a strategy being fronted by the Government in the next financial year for organizing and delivering public …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has faulted officials from the Ministry of Finance for undermining the Public Finance Management Act provisions while presenting an additional budget of 3.4 trillion Shillings for the financial year 2021/2022. The additional budget presented to the Committee on Monday has increased the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of finance Matia Kasaija has tabled a budget of 41.2 trillion shillings for the next financial year 2021/2022. The proposed budget is 4.3 trillion shillings less than last year’s budget. According to the proposed budget tabled before the parliament’s budget committee by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs is seeking up to sh6.3 trillion to finance its budget for financial year 2021/2022. This was revealed by the Minister for Defense and Veterans Affairs Adolf Mwesige who said that Government has failed to raise Uganda shillings …
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