Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have criticised a supplementary expenditure of Shs57.6 billion under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to cater for an out of court settlement to a United States based energy company, Albatross. Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee made their reservations while receiving responses …
Read More »Budget Committee queries gov’t priorities for next financial year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has questioned Finance Ministry officials on the set priorities for next financial year without increase in the budget allocations. This was during the Monday meeting in which Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance presented the budget estimates for the coming financial …
Read More »MPs query programme based budgeting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to explain the recent shift to programme based budgeting from sector based budgeting. The Budget Committee on Thursday, 05 January 2023 together with other committee chairpersons was expected to meet the Ministry of …
Read More »Gov’t on the spot over parish model implementation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have queried the government’s preparedness to implement the Parish Development Model (PDM). The MPs think that the apparent strategy to promote increased incomes intended to alleviate communities from poverty, is ‘ill-prepared’ and could go to waste if the …
Read More »MPs halt financing UPDF operations in Congo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Budget has decided to stay allocations to ‘Operation Shujaa’, a code name for the Uganda People’s Defense Forces campaign against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Congo, until the legislature is apprised of the operation. The Ministry of Defense had asked for …
Read More »Finance ministry, MPs disagree on budget estimates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee on Tuesday questioned the discrepancies in figures under the National Budget Framework Paper presented by the Ministry of Finance. Officials from the Ministry of Finance led by the Minister of State for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi appeared before the committee to formally present and …
Read More »Parliament approves UGX 3.8 trillion supplementary budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed a supplementary budget of 3.81 trillion Shillings, mostly for stimulating the economy hit by COVID-19 and security-related interventions. Of this, at least 1.3 trillion Shillings was already spent within the 3 per cent legal limit which the government can spend and seek …
Read More »Budget committee directs minister Kasaija to fund judiciary
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has questioned the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija on the low funding to the Judiciary despite a recent directive by President Yoweri Museveni for a 800 billion Shilling budget allocation. Kasaija on Monday appeared before the Committee to present the 3.48 trillion additional …
Read More »Health ministry spent UGX 720m to rehabilitate Namboole treatment facility
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has used up to 720 million Shillings to rehabilitate structures at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, before it could be used as a treatment centre for COVID-19 patients. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine says that the arena was in a …
Read More »Budget: Uganda’s debt payments near 3/4 of total revenue
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The budget committee of Parliament has raised a red flag at the rising cost of debt payments amidst shrinking revenues as for every 100 shillings collected in revenue, Uganda will be spending 71. 7 shillings in paying local and foreign debts in the coming financial …
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