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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is no clear work plan for the 200 Billion Shillings that parliament has approved as an appropriation from the Petroleum Fund to partly finance the budget for the coming financial year 2021/2022. The House chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Friday passed a 44.77 trillion …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government plans to collect 22.63 trillion Shillings with over 20.83 trillion coming from tax revenue in the coming financial year 2021/2022. This is to help finance the 44.77 trillion Shillings budget passed by parliament. The approved budget is a decrease by 714.9 billion (1.6 percent) compared …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Kasaija’s tax burden: How to raise money from ideas that failed THE LAST WORD Paved with good intentions: How Western interventions in African affairs, even when well intentioned, produce bad results ANALYSIS Saving …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has revised downwards the budget for procurement of new vehicles for Members of the 11th Parliament by Shillings 121 million for each legislator. This brings the allocation to Shillings 200 million from the initially requested 321 million per MP by the Parliamentary Commission as per …

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 …

1️⃣ The Traffic and Road Safety Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021 2️⃣ The Fish (Amendment) Bill, 2021 3️⃣ Mining (Amendment) Bill, 2021 4️⃣ Tax Appeals Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2021 5️⃣ The Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2021 6️⃣ External Trade (Amendment) Bill, 2021 7️⃣ Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2021 8️⃣ Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2021 9️⃣ Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government has proposed a draft budget of 31 billion shillings for the 2021/2022 financial year. The draft budget was passed on Tuesday morning from Gulu district council hall by Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the outgoing Gulu district chairman during the full council meeting. …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale district local government 2021-2022 financial year budget is to reduce by 6.6 billion Shillings, equivalent to 15.1 percent. According to Patrick Besigye Keihwa, the Kabale district LC 5 chairman, the budget has reduced to 37,545,689,000 Shillings from 44,235,951,000 Shillings in 2021/2021 financial year. Tabling …

Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has criticized the government for allocating meagre funds to KCCA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and city councilors are protesting the low budget allocation to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. According to the second budget circular, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic …