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The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has supported the move by President Museveni to ban Sports Betting in Uganda. Kasaija however clarified the matter that the move is not to ban gaming in the country but rather foreign betting companies who repatriate their profits back home. The minister was speaking to a number of journalists at […]
The NRM parliamentary caucus has grilled the minister of finance Matia Kasaija over the allegedly diversion of 720 billion shillings loan that they hoodwinked Parliament to approve to the National medical stores for medical supplies. Sources who attended the meeting said that Kasaija pleaded with NRM MPs to save him in the pending investigation case together with […]
A Majority Report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) presented by the Chairperson, Hon. Angelline Osegge on the utilization of US$200 million Preferential Trade Area (PTA) loan has recommended the censure of Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and sacking of Secretary to the Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi. The report released to parliament by the public Accounts committee […]
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kashaija has asked members of parliament on the National Economy Committee to approve a loan request for the construction of Luwero-Butalangwa road to facilitate investment in the areas which were torn apart during the National Resistance Army (NRA) Liberation war in the early 1980s. Kasiaja said there is […]
The minister of finance Matia Kasaija has asked the ministry of works to fulfill all the obligations that might delay the construction of the Gulu municipal council roads before the commencement of this project. Kasaija made the appeal while signing a grant agreement with the chief representative of the Japan international cooperation agency(JICA) to provide over 20 million dollars to […]
The Government has resolved to halt release of finances to any ministry, department or agency that has no strategic plan. The resolution follows a report on government annual performance for the financial year 2015-2016 that indicated that only 5-16 sectors have their plans aligned to the National Development Plan II, while 66 local governments out […]
State minister for Finance (planning) Matia Kasaija has attributed the delay to disburse capitation grants for Universal Primary Education schools on parliament’s failure to approve the supplementary budget for the funds. While delivering the ministry’s statement on the matter to parliament, Kasaija said that there was need for pre-financing as the ministry had undertaken reforms […]
The new minister in charge of planning, Matia Kasaija has revealed plans by the government to have in place a career guidance for all students moving to higher institutions of learning over the courses they want to take in relation to the current job market. Speaking in a meeting with the staff of National planning authority in Kampala, Kasaija said, this […]
Parliament has blocked the immediate former minister of state for internal affairs Matia Kasaija from presenting a government statement on what happened on Thursday during FDC party president Dr. Kiiza Besigye’s return. Kasaija was called upon by the government chief whip to present the statement as the minister of internal affairs the order that was opposed by […]
Ministry of Finance on Wednesday 22 January presented the National budget framework paper (NBFP) for FY 2020/21 to FY 2024/25 to the Finance Committee of Parliament. The National BFP is prepared in fulfillment of section 9 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act 2015. According to the NBFP, Uganda’s economy grew at 6.5% in real […]