Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shadow Finance Minister, Muwanga Kivumbi has criticised government for prioritising expenditure over development, which he said is reflected on the budget presented to Parliament, slowing down the economy. Muwanga said with half of the appropriated revenue for the current financial year already released to Ministries, …
Read More »MPs, gov’t agencies top list of tax defaulters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Current and former members of Parliament have been listed among the more than 800 individuals and companies that have defaulted government taxes to a tune of 346 billion Shillings. This is contained in the Ministry of Finance’s response to the issues raised by the Opposition …
Read More »Opposition wants classified expenditures opened for scrutiny
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 …
Read More »Buganda MPs give Gen Otafire 30 names of suspected Masaka killers
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 …
Read More »Masaka murders: Buganda MPs want former security personnel profiled
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 …
Read More »NRM MPs shun Buganda parliamentary caucus elections
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 …
Read More »NUP endorses Butambala MP Kivumbi for Buganda parliamentary caucus
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 …
Read More »Parliament clears UGX 695B supplementary expenditure for current financial year
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 …
Read More »MPs want affirmative action funds seperated from parish model program
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 …
Read More »Ministry of finance on the spot over non compliance of public finance management act
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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