Some Members of Parliament, religious leaders and workers had mixed reactions on the delivered budget for the financial year 2015/16 worth 24.6 trillion shillings. The MP for Lwemiyaga County Theodore Sekikubo said that the budget read by Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, showed imbalances for some sectors and neglected investment in income generating activities for the […]
Youth under Civil Society Organizations have asked parliament to prevail over government to consider increasing the Budget of the Agricultural sector claiming that the sector employs most of the youth. Addressing a news conference at the National Theatre in Kampala the youth from Civil Society Organizations like Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) said that […]
The Government has failed to release 6.5 billion shillings for the recruitment of 6,172 health workers due to problems in budget cash flow caused by the suspension of donor aid. This was disclosed by the minister of state for Finance Fred Omach while appearing before the Health committee chaired by the workers Omach said that […]
A report by civil society has revealed that government owes the public 4.5 trillion shillings accumulated from continued domestic borrowing within the last three years. Research conducted between 2002/2003 and 2011/2012 by Uganda Debt Network shows that government borrowing from the public through commercial bank increased citing examples of 514.7 billion shillings in 2011/2012 up […]
Members of the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians-Uganda Chapter have vowed to work towards having more funding for the health sector in the next national budget to ensure equipping of the Hospitals. The Chairperson of the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians-Uganda Sylvia Namabidde says that efforts are already under way to […]
President Museveni has said that defence is the backbone of Uganda government. So he says that he can not accept MPs to cut the defence budget to increase the health sector budget. Museveni swears that he will never allow MPs to sacrifice the defence budget for anything. But the MPs swore that they will not […]
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on June 15 read the national budget 2012/2013. The budget as better funding education and health among other sectors, while some new charges like more tax on water has been heavily criticized. Government of Uganda Budget Financial Year 2012-13 is a detailed copy of the national budget speech and […]
After serious considerations of many factors, the councilors of the Kampala Capital City Authority agreed and laid the city budget for the financial year 2012/13. The laying of the KCCA budget was held from KCCA chambers, not at Entebbe Botanical hotel as it was earlier on suggested. The laying of the KCCA budget took […]
Full CEU Doctoral Fellowship: Central European University (CEU) offers a competitive Full Central European University (CEU) Doctoral Fellowship to students on doctoral programs. Applying for a Central European University (CEU) doctoral program, you are automatically considered for Full Doctoral Fellowship. Students admitted into Central European University (CEU) doctoral degree programs are eligible to receive the […]
The government of Uganda has increasingly over the years, introduced reforms in the country’s planning and budgeting processes. These reforms have not only targeted to improve resource allocation for effective service delivery but also to promote accountability and transparency in the utilization of public resources. Whereas many of these budget reforms are known among some […]