The Northern Uganda Transitional Justice Working Group has urged the government of Uganda to promote transitional justice in its efforts of peace rebuilding in Northern Uganda. This comes at a time when Northern Uganda is steadily recovering from the Kony insurgency that it suffered from for over 20 years and the government has come up […]
Members of Parliament have expressed mixed reactions over the budget read by the Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development Syda Bbumba with other viewing it as a substantially well thought out budget while other viewed it as one failed to address certain fundamental concerns of Uganda. Bbumba has just read the budget which reveals […]
In the next financial year 2010/2011 Uganda will be able to fund 75% of it annual budget from its own resources and only 25% of the budget will be funded by donors or Uganda’s development partners. In the budget which the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Syda Bbumba, under the theme “Strategic priorities […]
The president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has indicated that the government will set up a uniform education structure in the country to help reduce the problem of unemployment, improve the literacy levels in the country and improve access to education. While reacting to the budget speech read by Uganda Finance minister Syda Bbumba […]
Minister Syda Bbumba The Minister of Finance Planning and Economic development, Syda Bbumba has said that the government has already budgeted for the increment of salaries of civil servants in key strategic areas. He says the salaries of scientists, teachers, health workers and low cadre staff in the security service will be increased by […]
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Syda Bbumba has provided 10.7 billion shillings to pay all Local Council (LC1) Chairpersons monthly. Bbumba while delivering the 2010/2011 budget on Thursday said the money will pay an honorarium to all LC1 Chairperson in recognition of their contribution in improving delivery of government programmes in different […]
THE REPUBLICC OF UGANDA BUDGET SPEECH for Financial Year 2010/2011 Theme: Strategic Priorities to Accelerate Growth, Employment and Socioeconomic Transformation for Prosperity. DEELIVERED AT THE MMEETING O F THE FIFTTH SESSIONN OF THE 8 PARRLIAMENTT OF UGANDA ON THUURSDAY, 10 JUNE, 2010 BY HONOURAABLE SYDAA N. M. BBUMBA (MP) MINNISTER OF FINANCE, PLANNINGG AND ECOONOMIC D […]
The Uganda minister of Finance, planning and economic development, Hon. Syda Bbumba has indicated that the Uganda economy is improving steadily as a result of strategic government interventions aimed at economic growth and development. While reading the Uganda 2010/2011 National Budget at Kampala Serena Hotel, the minister says the Uganda economy has grown by 5.8 […]
The Uganda faction of the Democratic Party (DP) led by Hon. Lulume Bayiga has indicated that it is going to join the loose coalition of Uganda opposition political parties called the Inter-party cooperation (IPC). At a conference at Christ the King Church in Kampala attended by the former Buganda Kingdom Prime Minister Mulwanya Semogerere who […]
Uganda police force has launched investigations into yesterday’s beating of Uganda’s opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party leader, Dr. Kiiza Besigye by the police and stick wielding men popularly known as the Kiboko Squad. This happened after the Uganda opposition, under their umbrella organization called the inter-party cooperation (IPC) tried to hold a rally […]