Members of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) have urged the government to address domestic arrears in the 2023/2024 financial year. The civil society group led by their economist,…
Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, on 16th November 2022 signed a ministerial instrument, increasing the minimum capital requirements for banks by 6 times or…
Members of Parliament have approved a request by the government to borrow $464 million (about UGX1.7 trillion) to finance infrastructure and development needs of the budget despite objection from the…
The Finance State Minister, Hon. Henry Musasizi on 1st November 2022 asked Members of Parliament to approve up to UGX3.5 trillion in new borrowing to finance Uganda’s 2022/23 UGX48.1 trillion…
Members of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will earn an interest of 9.65% on their savings for the financial year 2021/22 translating into UGX 1.38 trillion that will be…
Government has resolved to increase PostBank’s authorised share capital by 400% from UGX100 Billion to UGX500 Billion. For customers, this means that access to low-priced financing would further be enabled…
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has commended Ugandans for enduring COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises that affected the economy and paying obligated tax fares, marking the Financial Year 2021/22 collection…
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) recently put together a panel of experts who analysed the impact of UGX. 48.1 trillion national budget for the Financial Year 2022/2023 that was…
The former Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Keith Muhakanizi has distanced himself from the processes that saw the disbursement of supplementary funds by the Finance Ministry for land compensations. Muhakanizi…
At exactly 5.30am on Sunday morning January 23rd 2022, the governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, breathed his last in a Nairobi hospital. He had been battling illness…
