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MPs recommend review of national budget

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Budget Committee has recommended that the government reviews and revises the National Budget for the coming financial year 2020/2021 in the wake of COVID-19. This is one of the committee’s recommendations in its report to Parliament in which it approved the appropriation of Shillings 45.493 …

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Finance Ministry accused of frustrating budget process

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament has expressed disappointment with the conduct of the Ministry of Finance for failing to present the additional figures to the financial year 2020/2021 National Budget. Kadaga made the statement on Tuesday after she indicated that the Ministry needed space on the …

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Budget Committee disagrees with gov’t on sector allocations

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Budget Committee of Parliament has clashed with the Minister of State for Planning David Bahati over what they described as unrealistic budget allocations to the Health and Agriculture sectors. Bahati was appearing before the committee to present revised budget estimates for the coming …

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Managing current budget a big challenge-Muhakanizi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi says that wrong projections in the current 2019/2020 financial year have made management of the National Budget a big challenge. Muhakanizi was on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to respond to Auditor General’s queries raised in …

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KCCA seeks 3% from national budget

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA wants government to allocate it 3 percent of the National Budget to the Authority. According to the 2020/2021 National Budget Framework paper, 3 percent of the 39.6 trillion proposed budget would amount to Shillings 1.7 trillion. The proposal by KCCA to …

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Gov’t to capitalize BoU, UDB

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has allocated 627 Billion Shillings to capitalize seven banks. The banks include Uganda Development Bank (UDB) with 103 billion, Housing Finance Bank 30 billion, Post Bank 4.7 billion, International Development Bank 2 billion, Trade Development Bank 2.5 billion and Africa Development Bank (ADB) …

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Works Ministry Seeks UGX 50bn for New Vehicle Registration System

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport is seeking more than 50 billion Shillings for the establishment of a new motor vehicle registration system. The system involves the entire process of allocating unique identification numbers to particular motor vehicles, which is currently a mandate of Uganda …

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COMMENT: Budgeting for a sustainable future

Leaving people behind and under-investing in basic quality services, carries social, economic, and political risks Uganda’s draft National Budget Framework Paper for fiscal year 2017/18 proposes an ambitious 10% budget increase, benefiting mainly infrastructure, such as roads in the Albertine oil region. Funding for the security sector also increases, but …

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