Economy & Policy

Debt, SGR and Uganda Airlines: How Government Will Spend UGX 17.4 Trillion in Q4

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 0 Shares

Uganda’s fourth quarter budget release for the 2025/26 financial year reveals a clear hierarchy of national priorities, with debt servicing, wages, and infrastructure emerging as the dominant beneficiaries of government...

What Uganda’s UGX 1.7 Trillion Tax Plan Means for Your Wallet

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 0 Shares

From transport fares and household shopping to business operations, Uganda’s proposed tax changes for the Financial Year 2026/27 are likely to be felt in different ways across the economy, depending...

Africa Takes The Stage: From Raw Supply To Brand Ownership

March 31, 2026April 1, 2026 0 Shares

By Helen McIntee-Carlisle– President of African Marketing Confederation For decades, the narrative of African trade was written by others. The continent was primarily a supplier of commodities – the ingredients...

‘It May Not Be Ours’: Deputy Central Bank Governor Suggests Uganda’s Sudden USD6.4 bn Gold Boom is Fuelled by Re-Exports

February 13, 2026February 24, 2026 0 Shares

Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, may have just let the cat out of the bag on Uganda’s glittering gold export boom — providing vital clues to the elephant in the room of the country’s overnight success story, long touted by government as proof of recent economic momentum: whose gold is it, really?

The Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, has drawn attention to a key structural feature of Uganda’s recent gold export performance: while gold has become the country’s largest...

How Uganda’s economy can withstand global turmoil

February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 0 Shares

By Bethuel Karanja From Washington to Beijing, the global economic weather is turning unpredictable. Trade rules that once anchored international commerce are fraying under the strain of protectionism, geopolitical rivalry...

Parliament Questions UGX19 Billion Tax Waiver for Newplan Engineering Firm Linked to Oil and Power Contracts

Paul MurungiEconomy & Policy Energy, Oil & Gas The Big StoryJanuary 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development has pushed back against a proposal to waive UGX18.86 billion in tax arrears for Kampala-based engineering consultancy Newplan Limited, questioning both the…

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